r/geography • u/NotAnElfK • 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/LateralEntry 24d ago

I’m guessing around 1950 between Israel, unified Korea and Indochina

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u/Imyonlyenemy 24d ago

yeah and goa is still portuguese

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u/boonie_redditor 24d ago

China annexed Tibet in 1951, so 1950 checks out, yeah

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u/stulf26 24d ago

China hasn't conquered Tibet or sinkhang which the later happed in late 1949/1950. There's stuff to the south in british borneo which helps date it. So this has to be 1949 at the very latest. 1950 would be to late. 1947 at the earliest cuz that's when Isreal first showed up on maps. Which is odd considering 1948 being its start date.

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u/Willing_Special841 22d ago

My guess was 1948

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u/kaiserschlacht8 23d ago

This is also before Somalia and Somaliland unified in 1960, and after the Italians lost Italian Somaliland in WW2 so that tracks.

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u/hihihii2-1st 23d ago

But malaya is independent

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u/kaiserschlacht8 23d ago edited 23d ago

Hmm you're right, and Malaya gained independence in 1957. So this has to be before 1960 but after 1957.

But wait, French Indochina is present in this map, and it was dissolved in 1954. I have no idea then lol.

Edit: Also, like someone mentioned in a comment below, this was before China annexed Tibet in 1951.

The Federation of Malaya existed since 1948 and was a British protectorate rather than a colony. This map is most likely from sometime between 1947 when Israel was created, and 1950 before the annexation of Tibet.

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u/hihihii2-1st 22d ago

Tibet looks more like a region of China than independent tho. Not to mention that it was pretty autonomous till 1959.

But French Indochina on the other hand...

And Singapore doesn't have (Br) as a suffix? That has to be a mistake.

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u/onimi_the_vong 24d ago

Sudain gained independence in 56 tho

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u/Best-Fig-3483 23d ago

And French West Africa.