Education & Reference GD Atlas thread

[peternorth]

Does anyone remember these covers from primary school?

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no yes no

 

[HomerThompson]

Does anyone remember these covers from primary school?

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NYN

 

[RedmanWasHere]

3 yes' for me.

 

[Scotland]

I have two old Heineman Atlas. I think they were the alternative to the Jacaranda.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I have two old Heineman Atlas. I think they were the alternative to the Jacaranda.

Completely forgot about Heineman.

I think Collins also had their own set.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Does anyone remember a paperback atlas from the '90's or '80's with a map of Victoria on it?

 

[Hawk Dork]

Does anyone remember a paperback atlas from the '90's or '80's with a map of Victoria on it?

I remeber some paperbacks form the 90s or 80s with a map of Tasmania on the cover

 

[Reynolds Number]

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Isn't there also a patch of Spain in Africa?

 

[Hawk Dork]

Isn't there also a patch of Spain in Africa?

2 I think

 

[Rich]

Isn't there also a patch of Spain in Africa?

Melilla and Ceuta.

Ceuta is a bizarre place - feels like the world’s biggest duty free shopping area, then you cross the border into Morocco and it’s every man for himself.

 

[Scotland]

Completely forgot about Heineman.

I think Collins also had their own set.

I remember way back when the school book list had Heineman Atlas Second Edition and for some reason Heineman Atlas First Edition (which we already had) didn't cut the mustard. I swear if the two copies I have aren't 100% identical it is 99.9%.

 

[Mara Singha]

Canada/USA has largest undefended border in the world.

Its defended

 

[Catfish Alley]

Its defended

Missed a word I guess. Not militarily defended.

 

[Dav]

There are plenty of exclaves especially in wealthy EU countries where it really doesn't matter if you have to cross international borders to pop into the shop.

There's a town that's a Dutch exclave in Belgium with the border running through the middle of houses and shops. Italy, Switzerland and Germany have a fair few exclaves as well.

 

[Dav]

The northern part of Egypt is known as Lower Egypt while the southern part is Upper Egypt; this is because the Ancient Egyptians used to orientate their maps to have the source of the Nile at the top and the mouth at the bottom.

 

[Plugger35]

Mental as Anything had a minor hit with Egypt.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

On the enclaves exclaves thing, I remember there being one where a store called Zeeman is located in the Netherlands or Belgium.

 

[akkaps]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campione_d'Italia

Exclave of Italy in Switzerland. Situated near Como, it used to feature a casino which made the place so popular

 

[Forward Press]

One of the largest exclaves is Nakhichevan, part of Azerbaijan but surrounded entirely by Armenia, Iran and Turkey.

Nagorno Karabakh is even larger and is de facto governed by Armenia, but internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Before the 2020 war, it was also an exclave (of Armenia, entirely within Azerbaijan) but borders have constantly shifted as the war dragged on. Probably best to avoid that area.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

One of the largest exclaves is Nakhichevan, part of Azerbaijan but surrounded entirely by Armenia, Iran and Turkey.

Nagorno Karabakh is even larger and is de facto governed by Armenia, but internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Before the 2020 war, it was also an exclave (of Armenia, entirely within Azerbaijan) but borders have constantly shifted as the war dragged on. Probably best to avoid that area.

Great 8-bit flag:

 

[Scotland]

There are plenty of exclaves especially in wealthy EU countries where it really doesn't matter if you have to cross international borders to pop into the shop.

There's a town that's a Dutch exclave in Belgium with the border running through the middle of houses and shops. Italy, Switzerland and Germany have a fair few exclaves as well.

Crossing the border from Flanders in Belgium into the Netherlands is really not a whole lot different to crossing a state border here.

I always found Kaliningrad interesting. A long way separated from Russia since the fall of the USSR.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

A couple of photos that show off the absurd Belgium and Netherlands border situation.

This is a clothes "supermarket."

 

[Billy ray]

We have something similar here at Tweed heads-Coolangatta

 

[Forward Press]

We have something similar here at Tweed heads-Coolangatta
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Do locals or more likely tourists make jokes like 'I had brekkie at Cafe Lazumba then went to Queensland for lunch at Choofa's Smokehouse?'