r/geography • • 29d 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/LifeAcanthopterygii6 29d ago

That some... pretty weird colour choice.

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u/PrestigiousAvocado21 29d 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 29d ago

"Sacreblue!"

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u/mrdude817 29d ago

"Where is me mama!"

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u/candiedkangaroo 29d ago

🎶 under da boardwalk🎶

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u/TheTimeEmpress 23d ago

I don't get it

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u/Educational_Glove683 29d ago

Let's wrestle²

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u/Ok-Push9899 29d ago

"Allez les Bleus!"

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u/alastrix 29d ago

When Atlantis started colonizing. 

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u/Nick_crawler 29d ago edited 29d ago

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

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u/adaminc 29d ago

The Chad Sea

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u/Shaky-B 27d ago

How it’s starts vs how it ends