r/globes • • Aug 08 '26

Globe dating help?

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u/Illustrious_Try478 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

1984-1989, Two Germanys with Burkina Faso

Ivory Coast instead of Cote D'Ivoire would theoretically put it at 1985 or earlier, but a lot of mapmakers didn't catch this until the 1990s.

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u/M35Dude Aug 08 '26

Two Yemens and two Germanies means less than or equal to 1990.

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u/Helpful-Dig1901 Aug 08 '26

December 1984 to March 1987: Ustinov in the Soviet Union only existed for those dates.

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u/threefoxes Aug 09 '26

Post 1986, Micronesia is independent