10 of History’s Strangest Maps

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Source/Further reading:

https://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/map1.html
http://www.worldofdante.org/paradiso1.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/seven-deadly-sins
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1d1luy/red_hair_map_of_europe_620x900/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brits-have-invaded-nine-out-of-ten-countries-109283469/
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Waldseemuller
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03085696508592261?journalCode=rimu20
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/what-was-life-like-for-a-court-jester/
https://www.history.com/topics/france/french-revolution
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdpettitt/26439832490
https://uk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:World_Map_1689.JPG
https://uk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Psalter_world_map.jpg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Henry_III_of_Glogow.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psalter_map_center_jerusalem.jpg
https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/the%20middle%20ages/collection%20items/add_ms_28681_f009v.jpg
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Illustrations_to_Dante%27s_Divine_Comedy_object_4_Butlin_812-4_The_Inscription_over_Hell-Gate.jpg
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Stradano_Inferno,_Map_of_Whole_Hell.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manetti_Overview_of_Hell_1506_Cornell_CUL_PJM_1004_03.jpg
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:LEONARDO_DA_VINCI.jpg
https://www.wired.com/2009/08/st-sinmaps/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boschsevendeadlysins.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/diversey/43347046690
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevada_in_United_States_(US48).svg
https://coolinfographics.com/blog/2009/5/12/seven-deadly-sins-nationwide.html
https://www.deseret.com/2013/12/19/20531643/geographers-map-out-the-seven-deadly-sins
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/8135P3JVi3L.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_pigmentation_in_Europe.png
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1d1luy/red_hair_map_of_europe_620x900/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/25/mapping-redheads-which-country-has-the-most