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Migrations in the Pacific, BCE – 1000 CE

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Migrations in the Pacific

Summary

The map shows the migration routes followed by the Melanesian and Polynesian peoples in the populating of the Pacific.

According to the map, the Polynesian forebears had reached the island of New Guinea (Papua) by about 5,000 BCE, though
the more commonly accepted time frame is about 1,500 BCE. The Melanesian forebears are thought to have reached the island of New Guinea around 19,000 BCE.

From New Guinea and surrounding islands, the main migration route led to the Solomons, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Marquesas.
From the Marquesas, a radial pattern of migrations resulted in the populating of Hawaii (300 CE), Easter Island, and the Pitcairn Islands.

The map shows two migration routes to the Cook Islands, from where the founding population of New Zealand came in about 1,000 CE.

Source

“The Heart of Polynesia – The Cook Islands”.

The Cook Islands website was constructed by Jarvy Web. At the time of writing, the last revision date is given as December, 2006.

Y Haplogroups of Europe

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Y Haplogroups of Europe

Summary

“The data in this chart is supposed
to represent the situation before the recent European expansion beginning about 1500 AD.”

Copyright

© 2005 J.D. McDonald

Source

J.D. McDonald, WorldHaplogroupsMaps.pdf.
The data sources are given in the document.

Series

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Y Haplogroups of the World

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Y Haplogroups of the World

Summary

“The data in this map is supposed to represent the situation before the recent European expansion
beginning about 1500 AD.”

Copyright

© 2005 J.D. McDonald

Source

J.D. McDonald, WorldHaplogroupsMaps.pdf.
The data sources are given in the document.

Series

This map is one of a series of three:

World Silver Flows 1650-1750

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World Silver Flows 1650-1750

Summary

This map shows world silver flows from 1650 to 1750.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 131)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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World Trading Empires 1770

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World Trading Empires c. 1770

Summary

This top view of the globe shows the European empires and their trade networks in 1770.

===Inset===
Caption: European World Trade 1500

This map indicates the global maritime trade routes of 1500.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 115)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
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World Transportation Patterns

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World Transportation Patterns

Summary

This map shows the major transportation patterns around the world on both land and water. Ocean shipping routes are indicated with arrows that are proportional in width to the tonnage of cargo carried, while land transport routes are indicated by shading of all areas that are within 20 miles (32 km) of roads, railroads, or inland waterways.

Source

John Allen, Student Atlas of Anthropology, First Edition (p. 86)

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies
Reproduced by permission of McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series.

World Religions

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World Religions

Summary

This map shows the spread of religions around the world. Countries are color coded by their predominant religion. Some of the religions represented are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Animism (tribal religions), and Confucianism.

Source

John Allen, Student Atlas of Anthropology, First Edition (p. 102-103)

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies
Reproduced by permission of McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series.

World Religions 750-1450

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World Religions 750-1450

Summary

This map depicts religious dominance in Africa, Asia, and Europe from 750 to 1450.
The religions primarily looked at are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Judaism.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 62)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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World Religions to AD 600

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World Religions to AD 600

Summary

This map shows the spread of religions found around the world from 226 to 600 in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Missionary routes are indicated, as well as the Jewish Diaspora.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 44)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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World Population Distributions and Densities, 38,000 BC to Present

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Past Population Distributions and Densities

Summary

These six world maps show the changes in the population density of different regions over the past 40,000 years. An inset shows estimates of the world population in twelve different years, ranging from 38,000 B.C.E. until the present.

Source

John Allen, Student Atlas of Anthropology, First Edition (p. 70)

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies
Reproduced by permission of McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series.Category 19th Century

World Refugee Population

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World Refugee Population

Summary

This map shows the world refugee population. Each country is color-coded by the number of international refugees they harbor.

There are also bar graphs on the map that show the number of international refugees by their country of origin.

Source

John Allen, Student Atlas of Anthropology, First Edition (p. 126)

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies
Reproduced by permission of McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series.

World oil 2004 – reserves, consumption, trade and conflicts

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World oil 2004: reserves, consumption, trade and conflicts

Summary

The map shows:

  • major oil trade routes (2003) with annual flows
  • oil-related conflicts and state repression

It also lists the main production areas of ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell.

A note on the map indicates that “Data on reserves, consumption,
production and trade routes are from the BP review of world energy
2004.” The provided URL is no longer valid except via the Wayback
Machine, e.g. here.

Source

Pages 16 and 17 of
Beyond Oil: the oil curse & solutions for an oil-free future.PlanB][1]

Copyright

This work appears to be published in the U.K. without a copyright notice. The revised version of the booklet is dated June, 2005.

The Beyond Oil booklet was written by Jo Hamilton, Lorne Stockman,
Mark Brown, George Marshall, Greg Muttitt, and Nick Rau, designed by
Stig and edited by Mark Lynas. The web edition was designed and edited
by Matthew Carroll.

World Forecast, 2015

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World Forecast, 2015

Summary

This infographic presents a forecast for the state of the world in 2015 in a format that mimics a weather forecast. Icons for locating the following “hot-spots”” are defined:

  • water governance disputes
  • urban problems
  • progress on the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals)
  • overfished seas
  • economic progress
  • hurricanes
  • HIV/AIDS
  • industrial pollution
  • conflicts and tension
  • loss of biodiversity
  • overpopulation
  • rising temperatures

Inset tables provide forecasts of population and life expectancy at birth in 2015 for the world and a handful of countries. The accompanying narrative includes regional forecasts.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

Used with permission.

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

World Heritage Sites, January 2000.swf

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Les sites du patrimoine mondial en janvier 2000.
(World Heritage Siteswp, January 2000.)

Summary

This world map, which is drawn unconventionally from a North Pole perspective,
shows World Heritage sites in various “regional groupings” as defined by UNESCO.

The current UNESCO listing of such sites includes an interactive Flash map that shows the location of each site.

Source

The Flash file comes from
Olivier Milhaud. “Mappemonde ou la mondialisation mise en images (spécial Capes-Agrégation)”.
M@ppemonde No. 84 (4-2006).

It is in turn based on Fig. 1 on p. 13 of
Olivier Lazzarotti. «Patrimoine et tourisme: un couple de la mondialisation». Mappemonde, n°1-00, p. pp. 12-16 [1]

The original data source is Unesco.

Copyright

This work may still be under copyright and therefore care is required in its use. Its use on QED is under the “Fair Use” rule.

World Migrations since 1500

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World Migrations

Summary

This map shows the migration of different populations around the world since 1500. The width of the arrows is proportional to the size of the migrating population.

Source

John Allen, Student Atlas of Anthropology, First Edition (p. 72)

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies
Reproduced by permission of McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series.

World Development, Health and Economy, 2002

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World Development, Health and Economy, 2002

Summary

This chart shows the difference between countries, determined by health and economy.

In some cases, the country’s healthcare is high and well maintained, while the economy is failing or could be better. In other cases, the economy is doing well, but health is not as high, due to diseases like HIV/AIDS.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • UN Statistics Division
  • CIA World Factbook

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

Used with permission.

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

World Economy Cartogram, 2000

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An Alternative View of the World: GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita, 2000

Summary

This cartogram illustrates an alternative world view by sizing countries according to their per capita income, adjusted for purchasing power parity.

Areas are color-coded according to their income category based on GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita in 2000, in US dollars adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP).

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal [1].

Cartographer/Designer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Vladimir S. Tikunov.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints see [2].

Series

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Western Union Cable System and Connections

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Western Union Cable System and Connections

Summary

Map shows Western Union Telegraph and Cable Lines worldwide, in addition to lists of cities where the company has offices, and cities served by direct radio and cable circuits.

Annotation seems to indicate map was produced in the 1940s.

Copyright

No copyright asserted. This work may still be under copyright and therefore care is required in its use. Its use on QED is under the “Fair Use” rule.

When the East was the World’s Manufacturing Center, 16th to 18th Centuries

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When the East was the World’s Manufacturing Center, 16th to 18th Centuries

Summary

This map uses directional arrows to show trading connections from the 16th to 18th century. Most of the arrows are concentrated in Asia and Arabia, suggesting the predominance of “the East” in trade. However, the cartographer’s decisions about where to draw separate arrows appear to have been strongly biased in favor of the intended visual effect. Notice also that the map title’s reference to “manufacturing centre” does not correspond to anything in the map itself.

The map also identifies two trading clusters, one labeled the “Atlantic Trading Zone” (slaves, tobacco, sugar, wood, furs, diamonds, gold, silver, coffee) and the other the “Asia Trading Zone” (textiles, clothing, cotton, shoes, furniture, ceramics, mother of pearl, porcelain, spices, tea, opium, silver).

Source

Le Monde Diplomatique [1]

Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz

Primary Sources:

  • Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, HarperCollins, 1989
  • Paul Bairoch, Victoires et déboires, histoire économique et sociale du monde du XVIe siècle à nos jours, vol II, Gallimard “Folio Histoire”, Paris, 1997
  • Angus Maddison, L’Economie mondiale: une perspective millénaire and Statistiques historiques (published in 2001 and 2003 respectively), Etudes du centre de développement, OECD, Paris.

Copyright

© Le Monde Diplomatique

Women in employment 1990s

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Women in employment 1990s

Summary

This map shows the percentage of women in paid employment in the 1990s.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 270)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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Women and the right to vote, 20th Century

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Women and the right to vote

Summary

This map shows women’s suffrage movements around the world according to year.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 270)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
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Summary

This West Nile virus sample risk map is derived from NASA satellite data and disease control data from the Center for Disease Control and state health departments. The colors represent relative levels of risk for West Nile Virus in 2001 as follows:

  • grey – no data
  • green – no risk
  • yellow – low risk
  • orange – medium risk
  • red – high risk

Black circles indicate the location of infected crows.

Courtesy NASA [1]

For additonal commentary on this map, see [2].

See also

For an animated range map showing the spread of the West Nile Virus from 1999 – 2002, see http://environmentalrisk.cornell.edu/WNV/Summary.php

Copyright status

This work is believed to be Public Domain, as INTREPID falls under the umbrella of NASA’s Public Health Applications Program.

Source

NASA/INTREPID

West Asia in the Year One

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West Asia in the Year One

Summary

This map shows West Asia in 1 AD, including the approximate boundary of the Parthian Empire at its greatest extent.

Source

Anandaroop Roy [1]

The map was originally designed for the exhibition, “The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 2000.

Copyright

© 2000 Anandaroop Roy

Used here with the kind permission of Anandaroop Roy (June 29, 2007).

Series

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Wealth Year 1900

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Wealth Year 1900

Summary

This “Worldmapper” map shows the global distribution of wealth in the year 1900. Territory size reflects the proportion of worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for purchasing power parity from each particular country.

The map is accompanied by two tables that show the ten wealthiest countries in terms of wealth per person and show some other other notable rankings. In the tables, wealth is defined as the average GDP per person in purchasing power parity of the US dollar in 1990. There is also a graph that charts changes in wealth over time by region. The great jump in GDP over the past 200 hundred years reflects the increases in efficiency and output achieved through the Industrial Revolution.

Copyright status

© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Used on QED by permission.

Licensing

All rights reserved

Source

Worldmapper[1]

Wealth Year 1

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Wealth Year 1

Summary

This “Worldmapper” map shows the global distribution of wealth in the year 1 current era. Territory size reflects the proportion of worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for purchasing power parity from each particular country. In the year 1, there was a relatively low variation in wealth between different regions of the world. Since the map reflects total wealth, not wealth per capita, this map looks very similar to the population map for year 1–the countries with the largest populations have the most wealth.

The map is accompanied by two tables that show ranked lists of the ten countries with the most and least wealth per capita. Here, wealth is defined as the average GDP per person in purchasing power parity of the US dollar in 1990. There is also a bar graph that shows the the global distribution of wealth by region in 1 C.E.

Copyright status

© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Used on QED by permission.

Licensing

All rights reserved

Source

Worldmapper[1]

Wealth Year 1500

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Wealth Year 1500

Summary

This “Worldmapper” map shows the global distribution of wealth in the year 1500. Territory size reflects the proportion of worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for purchasing power parity from each particular country. In the year 1500, European territories had the highest GDP per person, while Asia had the largest population and highest total GDP. Central and Southeastern Africa had both the lowest GDPs and the lowest GDPs per capita.

The map is accompanied by tables that show the top twelve countries in terms of wealth per person and show other notable rankings. Here, wealth is defined as the average GDP per person in purchasing power parity of the US dollar in 1990. There is also a graph that charts changes in wealth over time by region.

Copyright status

© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Used on QED by permission.

Licensing

All rights reserved

Source

Worldmapper[1]

Waste Generation from Manufacturing, 2002

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Waste Generation from Manufacturing, 2002

Summary

This map shows the tonnage of waste generated in 2002 by the manufacturing sector in various European countries, including Turkey.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • Eurostat
  • OECD
  • EEA, 2002

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

Used with permission.

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Water Pollution since the 1960s

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Water Pollution since the 1960s

Summary

This map shows water pollution since the 1960s, as well as the locations of major oil rig blow outs, waste dumpsites and tanker spills.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 281)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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War Deaths 1945 – 2000

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War Deaths 1945-2000

Summary

This “Worldmapper” map shows the number of war deaths by country from 1945 until 2000. Territory size shows the proportion of deaths worldwide directly attributed to war or conflict that occurred in each specific country during this period. China, Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan suffered the highest number of war deaths during this period.

The map is accompanied by a table that shows the twenty countries with the most war deaths as a percentage of their total population. There is also a bar graph that shows the number of people (in millions) killed by war or conflict in different regions of the world.

Copyright status

© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Used on QED by permission.

Licensing

All rights reserved

Source

Worldmapper[1]

Voyages of Zheng He 1405-33

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Voyages of Zheng He 1405-33

Summary

This map shows the routes taken in Zheng He’s voyages from 1405 to 1433 in the Middle East and southern Asia.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 139)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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Waldseemüller map

Summary

The “Waldseemüller map“, first published in 1507, actually contains two maps: the main map and an inset map showing the eastern and western hemispheres. The two maps differ in that in the main map, North and South America are not joined together.

The map is remarkable for several reasons:

1. At the time it was published, it was still believed that America and Asia formed a single land-mass: the first recorded sighting of the Pacific by a European did not take place until 1512 or 1513 (see Vasco Núñez de Balboa).

Martin Waldseemüller probably included an ocean to the west of the Americas as a result of the influence of Mundus Novus, a book which is attributed to Amerigo Vespucci and which proposed that America was a new continent.

2. The map was one of the first to depict latitude and longitude of the entire globe precisely — it uses a modified Ptolemaic projection.

3. It is the first map known to have used the name “America”.

A 2,250 by 1,254 pixel version is available
here.

Copyright status

Public license
This image is in the public domain in the United States because it is nothing more than a slavish copying of a public-domain work and thus is not considered creative (see Bridgeman v. Corel). This logic may or may not apply in other nations. See elsewhere on this page for details about why the underlying work is in the public domain.

 

Source

Library of Congress American Memory.

Bibliographic record: [1]

Voyages of Exploration c. 800 CE

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Voyages of Exploration c. 800 CE

Summary

This map shows the Viking explorations to Scandinavia, Greenland and Canada around 800 CE.

===Inset===
Caption: Viking Trade and Raids

This map c. 800 CE shows the Viking trading and raiding routes in Europe and western Asia, reaching as far as Italy and Baghdad, in the Abbasid empire.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 78)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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Openness to Trade 1980
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Viking, Magyar and Saracen Invasions in 9th and 10th Century Europe

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Viking, Magyar and Saracen Invasions

Summary

This map of Europe in the 9th and 10th centuries shows the areas most
affected by Saracen and Magyar raids, and the areas of Viking
settlement (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish).

Arrows show Saracen and Magyar attacks and Viking routes. A companion
map (not shown) shows additional Viking routes to Greenland and
Vinland (Newfoundland).

The locations of Viking bases, and the locations and dates of notable raids, are also shown.

The Saracens and Vikings established bases in the lands they conquered.
The Saracens were eventually expelled whereas the Vikings were assimilated.

Copyright status

Copyright © Times Books 2007
Reproduced from The Times Complete History of the World by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Licensing

All rights reserved

Source

The Times Complete History of the World (2007), p. 121

Voyages of Exploration 1485-1600

Caption

Voyages of Exploration 1485-1600

Summary

This map shows global exploration routes from 1485 to 1600.
Routes are associated with the major powers: England, France, Portugal, Spain, and the Dutch.
Explorers, like Columbus and da Gama, are named on the map.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (pp. 116-117).

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
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Viking Art

Caption

Viking Art

Summary

This map shows trade routes of the Vikings from the 8th to the 11th centuries. The transmission of styles and mediums (such as bone, ivory and antler) followed these trade routes. The map also shows the sources of different metals.

Regions are colored to correspond to the settlements of different groups: the Danish, the Norwegians and the Swedish.

The spread of art styles is illustrated by the colored boxes, which give the approximate time period of each style, ranging from the late 8th century to the 12th century.

Source

Atlas of Western Art History. Facts on File, Inc., New York, 1994, page 89

Antony White Publishing Ltd.

Copyright

© Parchment Books Ltd. This appears to be an “orphan work”. If you can help us locate the copyright holder, please send mail to qed@princeton.edu.