amazing historical maps

An Asian view of the world situation around the time of the Chinese revolution of 1912.
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"A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia"
by Kisaburo Ohara (Japan), 1904
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"Carte drôlatique d’Europe pour 1870"
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"Angling in Troubled Waters"
by cartographer Fred W. Rose, 1899
explanation here
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