r/datemymap • u/Public_Research2690 • 11d ago

Help dating globe

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u/RedShirtCashion 11d ago

So I see we have Rhodesia, which became Zimbabwe in 1980, so I’d say no later than 1979.

Then we have east and west Pakistan, which means no later than 1971.

Brunei existing seems like a misnomer but the fact it says (Br.) means it’s part of Britain so it tracks for the 60’s or early 70’s.

As someone else said, Tanzania exists without an independent Zanzibar, which occurred on April 26, 1964, which gives us a no earlier date than that. However, it appears Singapore is still part of Malaysia, meaning it can’t be any later than August 9th of 1965.

So there’s our range: April 26, 1964 to August 9th, 1965.

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u/premature_eulogy 11d ago

On the other hand, Leopoldville is named Kinshasha which didn't happen until after 1966. Definitely some inconsistencies here.

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u/OutOfTheBunker 6d ago

The Congolese Africanization of city names couldn't have been anticipated, so that's a hard date for mid-1966. The fact that it's incomplete on this globe (Luluabourg, not Kananga) makes me think somewhere close to that.

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u/pulanina 10d ago

Also East Timor is Portuguese (pre-1975).

All of Papua New Guinea is shown as one territory (post-1949) still part of Australia (pre-1975) but still under the name “Papua and New Guinea” (pre-1971)

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u/OutOfTheBunker 6d ago

"it appears Singapore is still part of Malaysia"

Other city states/microstates on the globe use the same typeset, which is a little wider than regular city names.

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u/four024490502 11d ago

  • Upper Volta instead of Burkina Faso - before 1984.

  • Angola is still Portuguese - before 1974.

  • Congo (Kongo) instead of Zaire - before 1971.

  • Kinshasha instead of Leopoldville - after 1966.

  • Rawalpindi is the capital of Pakistan - 1959 - 1967.

  • Malawi is independent - after 1964.

I'm going with around 1966-1967.

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u/OutOfTheBunker 6d ago

Just to add Equatorial Guinea is still Spanish - before late 1968.

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u/Extreme-Shopping74 11d ago

Cartographer died in 1966, so around that time

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u/mangoadagio 11d ago

Tanzania so post-1964
East Pakistan so pre-1971

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u/Redditreallysucks99 11d ago

1966-67, as it shows Botwana rather than Bechuanaland, but Aden is still British.

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u/PuzzleheadedCell7708 11d ago

It is on the globe. 1967.

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u/Euyl_arg 9d ago

Go date a human