Map: All the Solid Land in the Solar System
Earth actually possesses the largest solid surface area in the solar system
Map: The Spread of the Black Death from 1320 to 1353 AD
Best know for killing roughly a third of Europeans at the time, the plague also likely killed a similar number in present day China
Map: The World in 1608
The world according to Dutch globe maker Pieter Van Den Keere in 1608
Map: The History of the British Isles Since 100 BCE
The leaders, borders, and populations of the various soveriegn political entities that have existed on the British Isles since 100 BCE
Maps: Global Population Density
The world in beautiful detail
Map: Casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg
The deadliest battle fought on American soil
Map: The World of Wine Exports
Global wine exports are dominated by France and Italy with the US coming in a distant 6th
Matthew Paris’s Map of Britain from the 13th Century
81 cathedrals and monasteries, 41 castles, and 33 ports
Map: The World, If You’re a Fish
A map of the world, from the perspective of a fish
The Principal Mountains and Rivers of the World – 1823
The first known example of a style that became quite popular during the 19th century