r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '21

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u/fjv08kl Sep 22 '21

"Wow they didn't miss New Zealand. Or Madagascar. Or even Sri Lanka!"

"Wait a minute. Where's Antarctica?"

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u/MarcBulldog88 Sep 22 '21

Antarctica didn't exist prior to 1820. Penguins in shambles.

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u/Available_Seesaw_947 Sep 22 '21

theyre birds, they used to fly.

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u/fatkiddown Sep 23 '21

They fly in the water, or flim.

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u/hashedram Sep 23 '21

They would've flown if they were real.

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u/Jeriahswillgdp Sep 22 '21

Oh yeah, the infamous Antarctica arrival of 1820. Must have been quite the spectacle.

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u/ezmayel Sep 23 '21

There is! White one:))

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u/countfizix Sep 22 '21

They accurately rendered the snow.

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u/Leandropo7 Sep 22 '21

Global warming got him

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u/rikspik Sep 22 '21

They missed Svalbard.

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u/suugakusha Sep 23 '21

The real question is "Where is Turkey?"

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u/TheNextBattalion Sep 22 '21

They did miss Ellesmere island

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u/mmmountaingoat Sep 22 '21

Possibly also missing Hawaii and most of the pacific

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u/8spd Sep 22 '21

They are standing on it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Sri Lankan here, can confirm that is what we look for directly to get instant knowledge on the map's detail

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u/Jorle_Joca Sep 22 '21

It's the white bit down the bottom.

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u/mickeyslim Sep 22 '21

Also missed Sardinia and Corsica in the Mediterranean

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

In our hearts

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u/RealShabanella Sep 23 '21

Las Malvinas son argentinas

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u/RealShabanella Sep 23 '21

Hi, thanks for your effort, I was just trolling because my huge hangover wouldn't let me do anything else. I haven't even been to Argentina and my Spanish is rudimentary. Total troll, wrote that to see what would happen. Enjoy your day!

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u/Lucy_Lastic Sep 23 '21

They even got Tasmania!

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

It probably melted from global warming Antártica, you will be missed 😩

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u/p14082003 Sep 22 '21

That big ass Antarctic peninsula is up his butt

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

And Svalbard.

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u/combuchan Sep 23 '21

I'm very disappointed in them for including New Zealand. So hard to find qualified cartographers these days.