Map Thread XXII
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I'd hate to see what the impact of the snake's rotting carcass would do.
Were I plotting this planet, I would have centered the projection somewhat further east so that the big archipelago didn't get cut in two.
AUSTRALIAN WAR/AUSTRALISCHE OORLOG
Unlike in South Africa, where the Netherlands peacefully ceded the Cape, the British did not ask for Australia. So when British Officers started occupying parts of the Northern Coast, the Netherlands retaliated instead of simply abandoning the claim like the British assumed. the Following conflict was mostly confined to the continent and with little fighting, until the Battle of Barroloola, when the Netherlands counterattacked into Australian Territory. At that point, the Netherlands and Britain signed a treaty in Perth, establishing a Dutch Presence in West Australia and Indonesia, Whilst Britain could lay claim to New Guinea and all Polynesia east of the Dutch East Indies.
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It probably does go something like that, yeah. I admit to not going as crazy on vexillology as I did on mutilating borders. Sorry, Poland and Bulgaria.
Meanwhile, I've turned to hacking at Southeast Asia.
Small nitpick, so called white-azure-red flag of 1991-1993 technically didn't exist, neither oficially recognized as the seperate predecessor of the current one. In fact they both were used by goverment officials during that period, sometimes even at the same time without any ideological or symbolic distinction. The confusion came because at that time Russian flag didn't had any state aproved technical standards so many companies choose different shades of blue during the production with azur middle line being one of the most common. And exactly because of that Yeltsin's goverment decided in 1993 to clarify how exactly their country flag should look like.
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1978 Constitution in the 1 November 1991 redaction:
Конституция РСФСР 1978 года (в редакции 1 ноября 1991 года) — Викитека
Decree No. 2126 “On the State Flag of the Russian Federation” 11 December 1993
Yet the historical photos speak otherwise:
Head of the Representative Office of the President of Russia Viktor Vasilyevich Ilyushin, 01.01.1992
Pickets on Red Square in support of the reforms carried out by Russian President B. Yeltsin and the government of E. Gaidar, 01.12.1992
Russian President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin at a meeting with local representatives in Kremlin, 27.10.1992
Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation, met with foreign journalists in the Kremlin before his visit to the United States of America, 11.06.1992
The Russian and foreign press are awaiting the results of the meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States, 06.07.1992
Primary and reserve crews of the Soyuz TM-14 spacecraft, 16.03.1992
Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation Viktor Chernomyrdin at the Constitutional meeting to finalize the draft Constitution of the Russian Federation, 05.06.1993
Constitutional meeting in the Kremlin on the adoption of the new Constitution of the Russian Federation, 16.07.1993 (look at the diference between Russian flag colors above and in the smaller one lower)
Mind you 1991 constitution or any other source of that period do not clarify why they wrote azure color for the flag despite historically it being blue. One of the explanation I heard was that the people who wrote the article took flag colors description from their first mentions in XVII-XVIII century documents , not taking in notice that azure in old times was synonymous with blue.
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I mean, the fact that both variants were in use, even by the government, doesn’t mean the Azure Flag didn’t exist.Yet the historical photos speak otherwise:
Head of the Representative Office of the President of Russia Viktor Vasilyevich Ilyushin, 01.01.1992
Pickets on Red Square in support of the reforms carried out by Russian President B. Yeltsin and the government of E. Gaidar, 01.12.1992
Russian President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin at a meeting with local representatives in Kremlin, 27.10.1992
Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation, met with foreign journalists in the Kremlin before his visit to the United States of America, 11.06.1992
The Russian and foreign press are awaiting the results of the meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States, 06.07.1992
Primary and reserve crews of the Soyuz TM-14 spacecraft, 16.03.1992
Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation Viktor Chernomyrdin at the Constitutional meeting to finalize the draft Constitution of the Russian Federation, 05.06.1993
Constitutional meeting in the Kremlin on the adoption of the new Constitution of the Russian Federation, 16.07.1993 (look at the diference between Russian flag colors above and in the smaller one lower)
Mind you 1991 constitution or any other source of that period do not clarify why they wrote azure color for the flag despite historically it being blue. One of the explanation I heard was that the people who wrote the article took flag colors description from their first mentions in XVII-XVIII century documents , not taking in notice that azure in old times was synonymous with blue.
The colour specifications changed, so technically speaking it did exist, it just was not commonly distinguished at the time nor did it have political implications.
this is the beauty of map threadsYou inspired me:
(EDIT: The unlabeled state in the Balkans was supposed to be Illyria but I think it's funnier that I forgot to label it)
boiiYou inspired me:
(EDIT: The unlabeled state in the Balkans was supposed to be Illyria but I think it's funnier that I forgot to label it)
BRITISH-AMERICAN WAR/БРИТАНО-АМЕРИКАНСКАЯ ВОЙНА/GUERRE BRITANNIQUE-AMÉRICAINE
The War of 1812 had been a tough one, as Britain sought to take Louisiana back for France, but the war ultimately ended in stalemate. But only a little over two decades later, the two Anglo Great Powers were at war, this time over the great Oregon dispute. But this time, America had help from the Russian Empire, who wanted Britain as far from it as possible. The Two declared war on Britain in 1837, and started in the west, hoping that the fall of Oregon would convince Britain to surrender the Pacific Completely. But to their dismay, the Brits invaded New England and the Mid Atlantic, dealing devastating defeats to armies in that area. But at the Battle of Warrensburgh, the American Armies crushed the British and forced them back to Canada, where the Americans chased them relentlessly. This defeat in New England caused many British Soldiers to go back to Canada to defend, even defending successfully at Brantford, defeating many American Armies. But a large Rebellion in Quebec sprung up, knowing that this was a great chance to secede. The Quebec Rebels invited the Americans in, and they obliged, defeating the already exhausted armies in Montreal and Quebec City. With the best Supply to Canada gone, and Russians advancing towards the East, Britain was forced to accept the Treaty of Arlington, where Britain lost Canada and some Territorial disputes with Russia. The Victory would bring America and Russia closer together, while the defeat enraged Britain, who would soon take their anger out on places like China and Africa. As for Quebec, they were made a state but with many special exemptions from Federal Law.
Why is there a giant beige blob in the Sahara?
If it's either to represent sparsely populated, lack of central government control or rebellion there are established cartographic methods of showing that without leaving the entire area blank.
Well, it's de facto uncontrolled and even more sparsely populated than in OTL (because of climate change), also I feel it adds a bit of style.