See the world anew with this unique and beautifully designed infographic atlas • An original and contemporary take on the traditional atlas • A gorgeously designed and giftable book for map lovers, stat-seekers, and geography geeks • Strong existing fanbase: www.brilliantmaps.com already has a large international following, with 63.5k followers on Twitter
November 2019 WORLD ATLASES £20 245 x 190mm Hardback 224 pp ISBN 978 1 84627 661 3
BRILLIANT MAPS
AN ATLAS FOR CURIOUS MINDS
IAN WRIGHT
ILLUSTRATED BY INFOGRAPHIC.LY
More People Live Inside This Circle Than Outside Of It
The highest mountain (Everest)
The deepest ocean trench (Mariana)
More Muslims than outside of it
More Hindus than outside of it
More Buddhists than outside of it
More communists than outside of it
One of the least densely populated countries in the world (Mongolia - 2 people per sq. km)
Historic vs Present Geographical Distribution of Lions Historic distribution
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Map of the entire internet in December 1969 UCLA
Network Measurement Center at the University of California, Los Angeles
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NLS system at SRI International in Menlo Park, California
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Culler-Fried Interactive Mathematics Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara
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University of Utah Graphics Department
Countries with No Rivers
VATICAN CIT MONACO BAHAMAS
MALTA
KUWAIT
BAHRAIN QATAR UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SAUDI ARABIA
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Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur | 23 Cool Edge's Shore's Municipality
Kuchistiniwamiskahikan | 22 The island where boats entering the bay Nunathloogagamiutbingoi | 23 Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik | 31 Where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks
Drehideenglashanatooha | 22 Little Bridge of the Tribe's Green
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg | 45 Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds
Parangaricutirimicuaro | 22 The word itself is a kind of tongue-twister, similar to the English "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Muckanaghederdauhaulia | 22 Piggery between two briny places
Bullaunancheathrairaluinn | 25 Bullaun of the Four Beauties
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch | 58 Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the rapid whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave Onafhankelijkheidsplein | 23 Independence Square Azpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarrea | 39 The low field of high pen of Azpilkueta
Kvernbergsundsødegården | 23 The Deserted Farm of The Mill Mountain Strait
Saaranpaskantamasaari | 21 An island shat by Saara
Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä | 35 Unknown etymology, probably gibberish (see entry for more)
Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich | 26 West levee of the smith's hill-village Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo | 24 Gasselterboerveenschemond | 25 The upper new settlement named after Delta of Gasselt's (surname) farmer's bog Kutlumbet (a Turkic male personal name) Staronizhestebliyevskaya | 24 The old settlement named after Nizhne-Stebliyevskiy kurin (of Zaporizhian Sich) Gschlachtenbretzingen | 21 Fertile Bretzingen (as opposed to neighbouring Rauhenbretzingen, "rough Bretzingen")
Nizhnenovokutlumbetyevo | 23 The lower new settlement named after Kutlumbet (a Turkic male personal name)
Yamagawaokachiyogamizu | 22 Hill of the children's water in the mountains and river region (located near Yamagawahamachiyogamizu) Yamagawahamachiyogamizu | 23 Beach of the children's water in the mountains and river region" (located near Yamagawaokachiyogamizu)
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta | 28 Venkatanarasimharaju's city
Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte | 27 Upper end of throat-cut valley ("hollow" may be better than "valley")
Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya | 26 Where the devil urinates
Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein | 44 Two-Buffalos-Shot-Totally-Dead-with-One-Shot Fountain Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu | 85 letters The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one" Notes: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official placename in the world.
World Plug & Socket Map
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Antipodes World Map Or Why You Can’t Dig to China from the US
Countries that Have No McDonalds
No McDonald’s
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If European Borders Were Drawn by DNA Instead of Ethnicity Using Y-chromosomal DNA (without mitochondrial DNA), this map shows the dominant haplogroup (group of genes inherited from a single parent) across Europe. R1a
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50% of Canadians Live South of The Red Line hile the 49th parallel is often thought of as the border W between the US and Canada, the vast majority of Canadians (roughly 68%) live below it, with more than 50% of Canadians living south of 45°42’N (the red line).
Toronto (43°42’N) and Montreal (45°30’N), Canada’s biggest and second biggest cities respectively, both lie just below the line as does Ottawa (45°25’N), the capital and the fourth largest city.
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Countries That Were Raided Or Settled By The Vikings (Based On Modern Borders)
Raided by Norse Vikings Norwegian Viking raids and settlements Danish Viking raids and settlements Swedish Viking raids and settlements
Just The World’s Time Zones 11 P.M.
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A few countries and territories have clear outlines on the map due to time zone decisions including: • China (officially just one time zone for the whole country, UTC+08:00) • Argentina, which is on UTC-3:00 time (should be UTC-4:00 or UTC-5:00) and which also only sometimes observes daylight savings time. • Iceland, which is on GMT despite being significantly to the west of Greenwich. • The Canadian province of Newfoundland, which has time zone that is 3:30 mins behind UTC (UTC-3:30) • India and Sri Lanka, which both use Indian Standard Time or UTC+5:30. • Iran, which uses Iran Standard Time (UTC+03:30). • Nepal which uses the Nepal Standard Time or UTC+5:45. Which means if it’s 12pm UTC then it will be 5:45pm in Nepal.
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Most Popular Cola Brands in Germany his map shows the most popular brand of cola soft drink in T each German Länder (State). Unsurprisingly, Coca Cola is the number one brand across the whole of Germany, but interestingly not in every single state.
a Coc Cola
15/16 German States
Vita Cola
1/16 German States
The former Eastern German state of Thuringia (population 2.1 million), is the lone holdout, preferring Vita Cola to Coke. Never heard of Vita Cola? That’s not too surprising, since it was one of the German Democratic Republic’s (East Germany’s) national cola brands.
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Vita Cola
IAN WRIGHT runs Brilliant Maps, one of the most popular cartographic sites on the internet. In addition to being a cartophile, he’s also a keen walker. In 2015, he combined these two passions to become the first person to walk all of the new expanded London Tube Map. Originally from Canada, he now lives in the UK. INFOGRAPHIC.LY is a UAE based data-design and visualization agency that focuses on helping companies communicate data to its stakeholders clearly and effectively. Clients have included MasterCard, TED, Reebok and Uber, with designs being featured in publications around the world.
Which nations have North Korean embassies? Which region has the highest number of death metal bands per capita? How many countries have bigger economies than California? Who drives on the ‘wrong’ side of the road? And where can you find lions in the wild? Revelatory, thought-provoking and fun, Brilliant Maps is a unique atlas of culture, history, politics and miscellanea, compiled by the editor of the iconic Brilliant Maps website. As visually arresting as Information is Beautiful and as full of surprising facts and figures as any encyclopaedia, Brilliant Maps is a stunning piece of cartography that maps our curious and varied planet. For graphic design enthusiasts, compulsive Wikipedia readers and those looking for the sort of gift they buy for someone else and wind up keeping for themselves, this book will change the way you see the world and your place in it. PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2019
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