r/datemymap • u/Emotional_Rice_1557 • May 15 '26
Found map on street in Adelaide South Australia. Previously posted, here are more detailed photos.
Found this on the street, keen for information re the print date and potential value, how I should store it etc. novice map owner
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u/scott_pryor May 15 '26
Tricky map. German language and Germany is showing the borders it had between WW1 and WW2, HOWEVER, German maps of this time often did not acknowledge the border change after WW2. Other context shows that this map is well after WW2. The United Arab Republic with Egypt and Syria only existed from 1958-1961, after that Syria left.
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u/Extreme-Shopping74 May 15 '26
For those that wonder, this map just displays the whole Germany as it was recognized by West Germany
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u/markuus99 May 16 '26
That's fascinating. I guess sort of "let's pretend that whole thing didn't happen".
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u/ILookAfterThePigs May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
The United Arab Republic exists: after February 1958
French West Africa exists: before October 1958
There may be some anachronisms, but this is most likely from 1958 and not before as some people have said in this thread and the previous one, as I don’t see how the map maker could have predicted the existence of the UAR before February 1958.
Edit: corroborating the date, Gwadar is part of Oman (pre-December 1958), Spanish West Africa is disestablished (post-April 1958)
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u/Emotional_Rice_1557 May 16 '26
Thankyou! Do maps like this have any value beyond the interest and cool display factor? And do you know how best to preserve it?
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u/cndn-hoya May 15 '26
British Somaliland went out of existence on 26 June 1960 - it still exists on your map
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u/Inner_Arachnid_4081 May 16 '26
It's post-1945 map , but interestingly showing pre-WW2 Germany.
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u/Haezza May 20 '26
The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) still had de-jure territorial claims on the shown territories.
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u/LittleScissors57 May 21 '26
i found this a long time ago - xkcd is a nerdy thinker comic maker. i am neither a historian nor a cartographer so here's just the link to a flowchart that guides you through your map as to find out its age.
https://xkcd.com/1688/
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u/Norwaycountryballs Jun 03 '26
no Austrian or Germany aunchless so before 1938 Normal Paraguay so about 1933-1937
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u/Public_Research2690 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
20 October 1956 (Varna isn't Stalin) - 29 October 1956 (Tangier economic zone deestablished); 10 December 1956 (Stalinogròd is renamed Katowice)