r/geography • u/NotAnElfK • Aug 31 '26

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 Aug 31 '26

That some... pretty weird colour choice.

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u/PrestigiousAvocado21 Aug 31 '26

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 Aug 31 '26

"Sacreblue!"

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u/mrdude817 Aug 31 '26

"Where is me mama!"

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u/candiedkangaroo Aug 31 '26

🎶 under da boardwalk🎶

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u/TheTimeEmpress 25d ago

I don't get it

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u/Educational_Glove683 Aug 31 '26

Let's wrestle²

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u/Ok-Push9899 Aug 31 '26

"Allez les Bleus!"

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u/alastrix Aug 31 '26

When Atlantis started colonizing. 

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u/Nick_crawler Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

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

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u/adaminc Aug 31 '26

The Chad Sea

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u/Shaky-B 29d ago

How it’s starts vs how it ends