Yesterday in History:
Nov. 9, 1989 The #BerlinWall fell. Collapsed? Something about the passive tense makes it all sound like shoddy Soviet construction so we'll go with 'was toppled.'
#maps #Antiquemaps #exclave #ColdWar
For those in the Netherlands that love enclaves, exclaves, semi-enclaves, semi-exclaves, pene-exclaves and contra exclaves a new book in my collection from Vitali Vitaliev.
@defactoborders.bsky.social @allyscoop.bsky.social @floorkoomen.bsky.social
#enclave #exclave #geography #microstates
European fruit is in a different league to the same items in the UK. Here a nectarine sits next to a tomato, on top of a paperback book, which in turn is on some green grass. Also in the image, a blue plastic shoe and a bike helmet.
A scene of a street, there’s a tree, some people on the distance, and in the foreground a plastic beaker with the letters BREDA vertically in bold red. The beaker contains a golden liquid, up to the level of the middle of the E.
An enormous plate of chips and a burger on a table in the sun. Also on the black marble table, a bottle of Coke with the legend “Mate”. Fellow diners are visible at the next table. Tall trees fill the distance, with sky visible past their trunks.
What a great #biketooter day! I’ve come 💯 km completely on bike paths. The last 10km were on a tarmac path next to a dirt and sand road. That would never happen back home. Now somewhere south of #Breda, 🇳🇱 looking forward to some #exclave action tomorrow as we […]
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#us #armenia #azerbaijan #us-armenia-relations #transport-corridor #nagorno-karabakh #exclave #nip-mission #international-negotiation #regional-security #european-security #autonomous-region #-transport-infrastructure
I wonder what Extra in Exile (youtube.com/@extrainexil... ) would think of St. Martin Parish's shenanigans. #exclave
A drawing of a Swiss border stone fixed on a bridge with the Geneva eagle carved rather oddly and the word “Suisse” below it.
Would Canada 🇨🇦 perhaps like to join Switzerland🇨🇭? Our territory already isn’t contiguous, so there is precedent! I’m sure we can organize to add other large Cantons, and we are quite good at federalism and multilingualism. We’d be happy to design neat border stones featuring maple leaves 🍁 #exclave
Street map of Eiskeller #exclave, West Berlin
Excellent #HistoricalMap shared by @GermanAtPompey
Georef with #MediaLayers in @ArcGISOnline
Web map (slightly rotated): Click Layers>3 dots>Show props>Transparency
#30DayMapChallenge Day 27: Micromapping
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Vandaag erachter gekomen dat er een stukje Franstalig België ingeklemd zit tussen Vlaanderen en Frankrijk. Dat is waar de lokale mensen komen waasten. nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komen-W... #exclave
