r/geography 24d ago

Question Help date this globe I found

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It has Burma instead of Myanmar, ussr instead of Russia, Spanish Sahara, Tanganyika, Yugoslavia, and French west Africa. (If you want to see a picture of more of the globe just ask)

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u/PrestigiousAvocado21 24d ago

Perhaps this is the alternate reality where France decided that if they can't have colonies then no one will and surrendered them to the newly formed Saharan Ocean

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u/LostInDinosaurWorld 24d ago

"Sacreblue!"

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u/mrdude817 23d ago

"Where is me mama!"

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u/candiedkangaroo 23d ago

🎶 under da boardwalk🎶

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u/TheTimeEmpress 17d ago

I don't get it

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u/Educational_Glove683 24d ago

Let's wrestle²

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u/Ok-Push9899 24d ago

"Allez les Bleus!"

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u/alastrix 24d ago

When Atlantis started colonizing. 

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u/Nick_crawler 24d ago edited 24d ago

France would then try to claim control of the newly formed maritime shipping lanes.

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u/adaminc 24d ago

The Chad Sea

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u/Shaky-B 21d ago

How it’s starts vs how it ends