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[–] 20 points 3 months ago

Those older maps with overlay drawings were so cool

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I never understood if it was Prussia or already Germany before WW1

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Pre-Balkan wars even.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    I love how Corsica has a picture of Napoleon.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's should be from 1878-1885, as it shows Eastern Rumelia as a somewhat separate state. It was an autonomous province of Bulgaria for that 8 years; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Rumelia

    I couldn't find anything to narrow it even more.

    But it has some errors, e.g. Austria wa called Austria-Hungary at that time

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    I was bummed that they gave Bulgaria a fifth color, when they were clearly aware that you only need four colors, but then I saw that it's not a contiguous landmass, so I guess, that's a valid way of grouping those two...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Switzerland be like:

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