jtotheizzoe:

Map of the supercontinent Pangaea in the Triassic period, when “first appeared beasties of fur and feather”.

The Tethys Ocean looks like it would have had nice beaches to lounge around on, hunting for nautilus shells, sipping Diño Coladas.

(by Richard Morden on Redbubble, available as a poster there if you’d like one!)

jtotheizzoe:

designcube:

Tangram United States

What if we could get the people of our great nation to fit together so neatly?

Are you a fan of the tangram? Then you might like this animated storybook drawn entirely with tangrams!

visual-poetry:

“moon map & galapagos” by mark pembrey

(via markpembrey)

(via ilovecharts)

theatlantic:

A Map of Muslim Protests Around the World

The uproar over a 14-minute anti-Islam YouTube video has sparked furious protests from Somalia to Egypt to Sudan to Tunisia to Libya to Bangladesh to Indonesia to Pakistan. With new reports of protests surfacing every minute, we’ve compiled the latest reported incidents into this interactive Google Map.

[Images: Reuters/Google Maps]

(via npr)

Biases in mapmaking are explored from early Chinese history to the modern west.  This article is interesting to consider alongside arguments for or against teaching geography and history in the classroom.  Also gives new credence to the phrase “world view.”