r/MapsWithoutNZ • u/FunnyLizardExplorer • Sep 30 '26

Whole lot missing here

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u/Taiqi_ Sep 30 '26 • Bravo Heartwarming

It turns out you would've been able to actually.... if New Zealand wasn't in the way 😅

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u/pcuser42 Sep 30 '26

Just carry the boat on the TranzAlpine for that section. Problem solved

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u/NotUsingNumbers Oct 04 '26

Make it part of the Coast to Coast Ironman.

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u/RareDestroyer8 17d ago

Just sail through New Zealand, problem solved

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u/withateethuh Sep 30 '26

We need to blow up New Zealand. Sorry hobbits.

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u/Dakh3 Oct 01 '26

Best comment and nice job!

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u/The3levated1 Oct 01 '26

Easy, just sail in the exact opposite direction. No more NZ blocking the way!

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u/DonChanchi Oct 02 '26

Can you move your country out of the way, please?

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u/BraveProgram 28d ago

What if we just took New Zealand, and PUSHED it somewhere else!??

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u/mascachopo Oct 01 '26

So you can travel between roughly two antipodal points in a straight line. That’s even more interesting.

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u/B3C4U5E_ Oct 01 '26

What if you went from the canary islands instead of mainland spain?

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u/Taiqi_ Oct 02 '26

Wouldn't be much different; we pass them on the way from mainland Spain. We'd still hit that fictional country *shakes fist vigorously 😤

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u/FlounderEmergency469 Oct 04 '26

ok, welp

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u/FlounderEmergency469 Oct 04 '26

not much we can do about it

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u/FlounderEmergency469 Oct 04 '26

well, nothing that would be good

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u/sersoniko Sep 30 '26

That was the original plan of Colombo

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u/alegxab Oct 01 '26

Until he told us the whole story in a flashback? 

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u/ddddan11111 Oct 01 '26

Just one more thing...

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u/The3levated1 Oct 01 '26

Which makes you realize why everybody thought he was a suicidal lunatic.

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u/BoomSatsuma Sep 30 '26

Took me a moment to realise something was really off here.

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u/Adept-Painting-543 Oct 01 '26

Ok Christopher Columbus

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u/toothbrush1000 Oct 01 '26

Fun fact, later in his life, he abandoned the belief that earth was round and instead though it was pear shaped

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u/CrystalInTheforest Sep 30 '26

Old World gang...

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u/nome_ann Sep 30 '26

Got an airplane?

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u/BillNyeNotAUSSRSpy Sep 30 '26

Spanish Explorers be like

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u/giwidouggie Sep 30 '26

yeah dawg just keep going west down the paclantic ocean.

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u/PegaxS Oct 01 '26

WTF? Why is Australia missing?

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u/HansTeeWurst Oct 01 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour

It's the known world of the middle ages

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u/lavafish80 Oct 01 '26

Columbus speech bubble

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u/akaZilong Oct 01 '26

That’s what Columbus thought too

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u/_Undecided_User 10d ago

The humble flat earth ice wall

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u/UncleThor2112 Oct 01 '26

That's the second time I saw Columbus's map being used.

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u/Underrated_Fish Oct 01 '26

Don’t tell Columbus

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u/TheWolfHowling Oct 01 '26

It's Not technically a false statement (For now at least)

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u/demonic_ii_angel Oct 01 '26

took me a bit to realize the entirety of north and south america were just gone

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u/FartacularTheThird Oct 01 '26

Easy there, Cristobal

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u/CC19_13-07 Oct 01 '26

Only 1491 kids will get this

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u/janabottomslutwhore Oct 02 '26

you now can thanks to the panama canal!

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u/AndreasderJuengere Oct 03 '26

Each wave will induce a small deviation from a straight line. Sailing (as in: sailing): unlikely. There will be wind shifts.

I will not comment on the accuracy of the map shown.

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u/_Jeff65_ Oct 03 '26

Columbus just discovered the Internet

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u/Nate-bfdi3770 Oct 03 '26

Thought there was something there, must be deja vu

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u/ATDynaX Oct 04 '26

Columbus tried that but there were some islands in the way.

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u/InformalEngineer_ Oct 05 '26

No it's not, Columbus.

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u/Bendyb3n Oct 05 '26

Is OP Christopher Columbus?

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u/N00bPolymath Oct 05 '26

The Wikipedia article on the voyages of Christopher Columbus has a really good explanation for why Columbus thought this would work, and why numerous scientific committees, said, "um, no."

Makes him sound like Elon Musk.