Nice work by Bill Rankin over at Radial Cartography. He tries to map out lands that were really uninhabited prior to discovery. You’ll notice they were mostly small islands.
If you like maps and haven’t browsed that site before, you should. Lots of cool projects:
A table of projections:
Comparison of subways in the USA:
Make a personalized celestial calendar:
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6 Responses to What Lands Did Europeans Really Discover?
CA
August 15th, 2013 at 11:47
“Comparison of subways in the USA:” Now USA includes Canada and Mexico?
John Hall
August 15th, 2013 at 13:05
And what lands do the ancestors of Europeans control?
WK
August 15th, 2013 at 13:40
Great charts. Interesting and informative.
CA, were you really that confused by the title that you had to stop and comment?
Stop embarrassing yourself and quit your trolling.
S. Leutel
August 16th, 2013 at 00:45
North America. Not USA. The continent, not the country.
Renato Nunes
August 18th, 2013 at 12:29
Are you sure they are ALL Discoveries ? I would tend to believe that some are CONQUESTS. or purchases…..territories taken, bought or stolen from others. How could Russia discover land that is the continuation of its town original territory ? And the USA to have “discovered” Alaska ?/
docweasel
August 25th, 2013 at 22:25
All inhabited land on Earth was “taken, bought or stolen from others”. Europeans were just competent enough to settle, develop and hold the same land savages had been murdering each other to squat on for a few years (or until it reverted to the next dominant group of savages) for millenia. The natives of these countries, now many independent, still enjoy the fruits of European conquest: laws, form of government, sanitation, law enforcement, roads & bridges, medicine, technology, culture, education, art and literature, language, architecture, infrastructure etc.