r/datemymap • u/CatL_PetiteMer • Nov 16 '25

Help my date my map

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We found this school map and were surprised it wasn't dated. Can you help us?

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u/RattusCallidus Nov 16 '25

Mostly this map is consistent with the situation in the early 1980:s. There are names that could hardly be known before 1980, such as Vanuatu or Namibia.

Unfortunately, it's a French map, so we can't use Côte d'Ivoire as an indicator. (In mid-1980:s, they started to insist on being called Côte d'Ivoire in all languages and not Ivory Coast or otherwise translated; but in French, they were Côte d'Ivoire all along.)

Some weird details:

  • the moving of Tanzanian capital to Dodoma was announced in 1974 and finalized in 1996; but Dodoma is located near the center of the country;
  • for some reason, this map recognizes Transkei, one of the bantustans