Map depicting pre-WW1 Europe

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morto@piefed.social · 20 pts · 110d

Those older maps with overlay drawings were so cool

whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 110d (1 reply)

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

PenguinInLaw@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 110d

Prussian Kingdom was technically one state in the German Empire. But since the Prussian king was the emperor, distinction between them was somewhat artificial.

Sergio@piefed.social · 9 pts · 109d

I love how Corsica has a picture of Napoleon.

PenguinInLaw@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 110d

Pre-Balkan wars even.

infeeeee@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 109d (1 reply)

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

PugJesus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 109d

Colloquially 'Austria' (or equivalents) was still widely used, just as the Ottoman Empire is referred to Turkiye here.

Ephera@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 109d

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...

Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 109d

Switzerland be like: