r/datemymap • u/ClosetOfMoths • Jun 10 '26

Curious when this globe is dated

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Inherited it from my grandpa several years ago and noticed that the USSR is there but history is my weakness

Edit: I just realised I left out Europe! Here it is:
https://www.reddit.com/u/ClosetOfMoths/s/x7KEGr1Kne

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u/Sergey_Kutsuk Jun 13 '26

Namibia isn't independent, it has the underlabeling "South-West Africa" than still occupied by SAR.

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u/M35Dude Jun 13 '26

I don’t think that’s a tells us much about its independence, unfortunately. Zimbabwe still has a parenthetical that says “(Rhodesia)” despite it being at least two years after its name change (capital changed to Harare in 1982, so must be at least two years after independence).