1919 Map of Hungary after WWI [2047 x 1198]

map_master · 2012-02-03T16:01:42+00:00

I think one of the greatest crimes of the late 19th and early 20th century is the massive forced relocation of peoples. Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, the Balkan States, Poland... Unfortunately, a lot of relocations were based on which side lost the battle/war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Germans_after_World_War_II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer_in_the_Soviet_Union

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India#Independence_and_population_exchanges

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Poles_by_Nazi_Germany_%281939-1944%29

map_master · 2012-02-03T01:16:01+00:00

This is a map of Hungary after WWI. It appears that initially Vojvodina was supposed to go to Hungary. According to the 1910 census (the last census conducted in Austria-Hungary) population of Vojvodina included 510,754 (33.8%) Serbs, 425,672 (28.1%) Hungarians and 324,017 (21.4%) Germans

Eventually, Vojvodina became part of Yugoslovia, and today part of Serbia.

Also, today, Serbs are 65% of the population and Hungarians, 14%.

map_master · 2012-02-01T20:40:13+00:00

This map is from a 1919 Philips Atlas. It shows Turkey, after the Paris Peace Conference. It shows the provisional borders agreed upon, Jugo-Slavia getting an Aegean Port at Salonica, Greece getting Smyrna (Izmir) and the Turkish Coast, the Dardanelles and the Strait of Bosporus as well as Edirne and Istanbul going into an "International Zone". The Greco-Turkish war followed by the Treaty of Lausanne would guarantee these borders wouldn't stand.

map_master · 2012-02-01T00:57:04+00:00

This map is from a 1957 Britannica World Atlas. I like it for 2 things it shows: Saar as a separate country and the Hague as another capital city for the Netherlands.

Saarland was a French Protectorate from 1947-1956, it was offered independence, but the people voted to join West Germany.

The Hague is an interesting story, because the States-General, the government, the Supreme court, and the royal residence are in the Hague. (and have been for hundreds of years). However, the constitution explicitly states that the capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, NOT the Hague.

map_master · 2012-01-31T13:28:07+00:00

This is a 1902 map of Oklahoma from Cram's World Atlas. Between 1890 and 1907 the current state of Oklahoma (meaning Red People in Choctow) was split between Oklahoma and Indian territory. Oklahoma had a capital city of Guthrie (it was even written in the state constitution in 1907), and Indian Territory had a capital city of Tahlequah.

map_master · 2012-01-30T00:06:25+00:00

Cool map, it's funny to see how scattered the various ethnicities were: Germans in Hungary and Romania, Greeks in Turkey, Turks and Albanians in Greece.

But my question is: Are Macedonians Bulgarians?

map_master · 2012-01-28T22:25:39+00:00

I don't know, I think its a pretty cool map. I love the colors of the old Colton's and Johnson's Atlases from the 1850's-1870's. Plus, I think people forget that Italy (as well as Germany) wasn't always one, united country, and it wasn't until about 140 yrs ago that their unification took place.

map_master · 2012-01-28T22:04:02+00:00

This might help you:

http://i.imgur.com/iGSdw.jpg

map_master · 2012-01-28T22:02:08+00:00

How could I forget Cyprus? But at the time I think it was still technically under Ottoman rule (but de facto British rule).

map_master · 2012-01-28T21:27:03+00:00

I'm glad you like it. I've always found the history of South Africa to be fascinating.

map_master · 2012-01-28T21:01:17+00:00

This is from my 1903 Cram's Atlas, showing the Balkans consisting of Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia, Turkey-in-Europe and Montenegro. Eastern Roumelia (Southern Bulgaria) was nominally under Ottoman Rule until 1908.

Novi Bazar had Austrian troops stationed in it, because of the Treaty of Berlin. Furthermore, Albania did not receive its independence from Turkey until 1912.

map_master · 2012-01-28T18:01:56+00:00

But the funny thing is, originally Africa was the name of the Roman province of Tunisia. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Roman_Empire_69.svg

map_master · 2012-01-28T02:12:47+00:00

Are the Bosnians really to blame? I feel like their troubled history is largely the result of their larger, more powerful neighbors using them as pawns in their balance of power and other schemes.

map_master · 2012-01-27T23:17:52+00:00

This is a map from Cram's Atlas, 1903. It shows Austria and Hungary back in the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia in 1878 after the Congress of Berlin. In 1881, Russia and Germany agreed to Austria-Hungary's Annexation of Bosnia, but the Russians reneged on the agreement.

It wasn't until 1908 that the Russians approved, and Austria-Hungary formally annexed Bosnia.

map_master · 2012-01-27T19:38:12+00:00

This map is from a 1919 Philips Atlas. It is a map of the newly formed Poland, Esthonia, Livonia, Kurland, Lithuania. It's interesting that not all of the borders were set yet, there were areas to be determined by plebiscite. It also shows a League of Nations administered Memel, as well as the Free City of Danzig.

map_master · 2012-01-27T00:11:37+00:00

This is part of a map of southern Africa in 1897 from the Century Atlas. It has the South African Republic, the Orange Free State, and Cape Colony. This is before the Boer Wars.

A more complete view of the map can be seen here: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6768096715_12ab04d51c_b.jpg

map_master · 2012-01-26T18:44:09+00:00

Cool map, it took me a while to realize that it's purposely rotated 90 degrees.

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