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− | This map of the world shows the countries (in the political sense of the term) which we have visited. [[Russia]], for instance, is particularly deceiving, since it covers a very large area while we have only been—like most—to the western part of it. There exists a more faithful [[trips|map of places we have been to]]. Blue corresponds to countries we both have been to (together or separately), purple to those where only [[Elena]] has been, Green to those only [[Fabrice]] has been. | + | The World is great... Explore with [https://www.google.com/earth/ Google Earth] (See it [http://thetruesize.com in true comparative size]). Or [[Trips|by ourselves]]. |
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+ | <center><wz tip="Elena showing Julia where we were at the time of this picture (in Sevilla's Museo Marítimo in the Torre del Oro, March 2018), which was also | ||
+ | Magellan's starting point to bring humankind round the World for the first time, as also depicted.">[[File:TheWorld-(in-Sevilla-March2018).jpg|650px]]</wz></center> | ||
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+ | <!--This map of the world shows the countries (in the political sense of the term) which we have visited. [[Russia]], for instance, is particularly deceiving, since it covers a very large area while we have only been—like most—to the western part of it. There exists a more faithful [[trips|map of places we have been to]]. Blue corresponds to countries we both have been to (together or separately), purple to those where only [[Elena]] has been, Green to those only [[Fabrice]] has been. | ||
Our goal is to make this map entirely blue. | Our goal is to make this map entirely blue. | ||
− | <center>[[File:OurWorld.png]]</center> | + | (this map is obsolete and painful to use/visualize; we plan to upgrade it with products such those featured at http://www.amcharts.com/javascript-maps/) |
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+ | <center>[[File:OurWorld.png]]</center>--> | ||
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== [[Europe]] == | == [[Europe]] == | ||
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{{EuropeMap}} | {{EuropeMap}} | ||
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+ | == [[Africa]] == | ||
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+ | == [[America]] == | ||
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+ | === North === | ||
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+ | <center><wz tip="Relief topo map of North America in the lobby of the Tribune Tower (aka the inscription hall) in Chicago, August 2014.">[[File:usa-map-aug2014.jpg|600px]]</wz></center> | ||
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+ | === South === | ||
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+ | == [[Asia]] == | ||
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+ | == [[Oceania]] == | ||
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+ | == [[Antartica]] == | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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+ | * [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/all-places-in-the-atlas-on-one-map Atlas of ''all'' the interesting places]. | ||
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+ | === Material === | ||
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World6.svg: The Commons naked map. | * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World6.svg: The Commons naked map. | ||
− | * [[Media:OurWorld.svg|OurWorld.svg]]: | + | * [[Media:OurWorld.svg|OurWorld.svg]]: a [[svg]] version of a map of countries we have been to. |
* http://www.freetextbookproject.org: with ImageMap encoding. | * http://www.freetextbookproject.org: with ImageMap encoding. |
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The World is great... Explore with Google Earth (See it in true comparative size). Or by ourselves.
As we are Europeans, this is the part of the world where we wander the most.