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Alaska’s Cartographic Revenge

Published on 25 April 2018 by Jonathan Crowe

If Shetland gets relegated to inset maps all the time, that goes double for Alaska, which on maps of the United States gets reduced in scale too. In response, this map turns the tables by relegating the lower 48 (as well as Hawaii) to a tiny and crude inset map. The 17×25-inch paper map costs $15. [Maps on the Web]

Link•Categories Unusual Maps•Tags Alaska, funny, inset maps

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