Interesting Maps

Mean age of women at birth of first child

And that of Ibn Battuta, who voyaged about 50 years after Marco Polo.

Neither he, nor Marco Polo did any ground breaking routes, they were all long standing trade routes. They just happened to travel them.

For example, in the map below the Fes - Timbuktu route was one of the most important at the time and was very busy, as were a lot of side routes.

Brand of the best selling car in every European country, 2019 and 2023.

Terrible Maps@TerribleMaps Map of Italy based on meeting start times

How did the Dutch vote in the last 4 parliamentary elections?

Geological era of rocks in the British Isles.

https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/image/761043570966790144

Increase of night time luminosity in India, 2012-2021.

https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/image/737038262322003968

On this map @perrinremonte shows us the tides of Europe

Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600 .

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Outstanding map by @perrinremonte shows the tides of North America. Tides making a difference of 12 meters is wild!"

https://x.com/simongerman600/status/1841825629685096607/photo/1

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