Thread of interesting African maps you've (likely) never seen before 🧵
1. Map of the largest religious group in each African country.
1. Map of the largest religious group in each African country.
2. Extensive map of African languages.
3. The Sahara desert was green 6000 years ago
4. Major ancient and medieval states in Africa.
5. A map showing the expansion of Arabic culture across Africa.
6. The top exported product in every African country.
7. Map showing railway lines in Africa.
8. Map showing All the Rock art Sites in Africa
9. A map of all reported UFO sightings in Africa, 1906-2014.
10. A map showing the theoretical areas of thermal solar power panels required on the Sahara Desert to meet the electricity demand of the world, the European Union (EU), and Germany.
11. Map highlighting top tourist spots in Africa
Green = historic
Gray = Religious
Pink = Natural
Purple = tourist
Green = historic
Gray = Religious
Pink = Natural
Purple = tourist
12. Gazing towards Europe, from the Horn of Africa, 1938.
13. ‘The entirety of Africa, & universal description, extending even beyond the limits of Ptolemy’ by Sebastian Munster, 1554.
14. A 1963 prediction of Africa at the beginning of the 21st century.
15. "Africa" by Herman Moll (1729).
Most of Niger River watershed is termed "Negroland".
Most of Niger River watershed is termed "Negroland".
16. Physical map of Africa from a geography textbook (1916).
17. Post-WWI Africa - Hammond's Modern Atlas of the World (1920).
The map shows major cities, rivers, and landforms, and an inset map of the Cape Verde Islands under Portuguese control.
The map shows major cities, rivers, and landforms, and an inset map of the Cape Verde Islands under Portuguese control.
18. Afrika - German geography book (1940)
Shows Africa and its German colonies.
Shows Africa and its German colonies.
19. First published in 1544 by Sebastian Münster, this is the first map of Africa as a continent.
There are earlier world maps that show the continent but none focusing on it alone since Bartolomeo Dias had only rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
There are earlier world maps that show the continent but none focusing on it alone since Bartolomeo Dias had only rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
20. Africa’s 7 military coups over past 2 to 3 years.
21. A map of hospitals and clinics in sub-Saharan Africa.
22. Map of how the African continent was divided in 1914 just before the outbreak of WWI.
23. This watercolour map of Africa was created by artist H T Hawes and was the original artwork for an item in Odham’s Atlas of 1957.
24. How Africa voted on the UN Ukraine declaration.
25. This map of Africa uses Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and adds elevation data.
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