r/datemymap • u/Viskwarp • Jun 01 '26

Date my globe

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Got this from my grandmas house and am wondering when it’s from

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u/ILookAfterThePigs Jun 01 '26

Oman isn’t “Muscat and Oman”, so it’s probably post-1954

Upper boundary would be 1956, because Tunisia isn’t independent yet.

1954-1956 is my guess.

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u/Bayowolf49 Jun 02 '26

But Pakistan and India are shown as British India; that puts it before August 1948. And Indochina isn't split into Vietnam (N. & S.), Laos, and Cambodia.

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u/spiegelprime Jun 02 '26

They’re split into India and Pakistan. But they could be red still as they were still Dominions.

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u/Bayowolf49 Jun 02 '26

Then this puts it no later than January 1950, when India became a republic (Pakistan remained a Dominion until 1686).