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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Interesting! It is an ingenious and effective way to show population distribution.
It looks as if they had a lot of fun inventing those State names!
I recall from a few years ago an American talking on BBC radio, pointing out that many foreigners have a rather distorted view of the USA thanks to most news reports, TV shows etc, focusing on the cities like New York, Washington, Chicago and San Francisco. He explained most of the continent is deeply rural, with large regions only sparsely-populated.
I have found it worth buying a proper atlas, as this can be really helpful in understanding news of events, and to some extent their background, from overseas. To take one current example, my atlas is presently on the table, open at the mid-European page, although I needed use Google Earth photos to reveal that Russia already has direct links from its territory to the Crimea, via road and rail bridges across the Kersh Strait.
An atlas whose maps also show ocean-floor relief in reasonable detail, as most do now, also helps you see major earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic eruptions in their geographical context. You do of course need know the basics of these events' mechanisms.
It looks as if they had a lot of fun inventing those State names!
I recall from a few years ago an American talking on BBC radio, pointing out that many foreigners have a rather distorted view of the USA thanks to most news reports, TV shows etc, focusing on the cities like New York, Washington, Chicago and San Francisco. He explained most of the continent is deeply rural, with large regions only sparsely-populated.
I have found it worth buying a proper atlas, as this can be really helpful in understanding news of events, and to some extent their background, from overseas. To take one current example, my atlas is presently on the table, open at the mid-European page, although I needed use Google Earth photos to reveal that Russia already has direct links from its territory to the Crimea, via road and rail bridges across the Kersh Strait.
An atlas whose maps also show ocean-floor relief in reasonable detail, as most do now, also helps you see major earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic eruptions in their geographical context. You do of course need know the basics of these events' mechanisms.