How old is your globe? [pdf]
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How old is your globe? [pdf]
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#2XKCD did a flowchart version of this:
https://xkcd.com/1688/
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#3I used to have a map showing Sikkim, given to me by my grandpa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim
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#4There should be a lot more you can do, like capitals - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_national_capita...
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#5Are globes bought on a given day even up to date? I don't expect vendors would scrap their stock every time an "update" happens
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#7Are globes bought on a given day even up to date? I don't expect vendors would scrap their stock every time an "update" happens
Imagine an e-ink globe that show change of border across time, even continent if the time horizon is long enough, I will snatch it up in a heart beat
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#8Was the People's Republic of Kampuchea, which only lasted for 10 years, ever shown on globes during that period, or did most globes continue to label it as Cambodia?
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#9Seems to be missing Tibet
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#10I'm not sure what "Marshall Islands vs Marshall Islands (U.S.)" is supposed to mean. When it seceded from the U.S. it didn't change its name so how would that be visible?
Also Bangladesh seceded from Pakistan, not India and in 1971 not 1972.