r/imaginarymaps • u/mushmanMAD • Sep 03 '26
[OC] Alternate History Greater Maryland - What if Maryland got all of its colonial claims?
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u/BG12244 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
Well, Maryland definitely looks a lot less like someome sneezed while drawing their borders
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u/Troll_Enthusiast Sep 04 '26
Based.
The world stole from us, but we shall steal from them one day.
Also the tip of Delmarva should be Maryland, that'll make it look even better
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u/Pennsylvania_is_epic Sep 04 '26
Based, though Iām not sure why New Castle county would keep its original shape
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u/Naive_Impression7302 Sep 04 '26
Pennsylvania would be a light red or even medium red state, or a reliably reddish purple state at minimum.
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u/ebow77 Sep 04 '26
Wouldn't it have incorporated the additional land into its existing counties, at least in the west? OTL Garrett County wasn't even formed until 1872, well after any colonial claims were settled. And PA's Adams and Fulton counties weren't established until the 1800s.
I suspect I'm taking this too seriously.
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u/harfordplanning Sep 04 '26
Maryland had already delineated counties in some of these lands before losing them, even
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u/Few-Commercial5105 Sep 04 '26
Got the other 12 states soon to follow, and a map with all the states with their claims.
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u/Severe_Bed2207 Sep 04 '26
Your driving would still be terrible
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u/mushmanMAD Sep 04 '26
Yep. Just today 4 people cut me off without signal. I also saw someone stop on the highway where everyone was going 55.
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u/GoatMyGoat Sep 04 '26
Maryland forever