Mappy Hour: On the Eve of the Brexit Vote, a Cartographic Summary of Prior European Unions
This Thursday, Britain votes to remain in the European Union or to simply Brexit, stage left. In advance of Britain’s vote, which could reshape Europe once again, the Washington Post helpfully published today a very cool history of other amalgamations of European countries (or kingdoms, empires, grand duchies . . .) that resulted in past European unions.
The full article is here. Below are some blasts from the past that highlight previous combinations of territory that have shaped the political makeup of Europe. These selections include:
The predictable . . .
The combinations we learned in school, but immediately forgot . . .
And the obscure and charmingly insignificant . . .
For the record, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth apparently existed between the 14th and 18th centuries.
And it even included a Grand Duchy.
Lumberg
Hello Peter, whatss happening? Ummm, I’m gonna need you to go ahead come in tomorrow. So if you could be here around 9 that would be great, mmm kay… oh oh! and I almost forgot ahh, I’m also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday too, kay? We, ahh, lost some people this week and ah, we sorta need to play catch up.
Thomas and Lumberg in person at Jackson Hole in 2010:
The Blizzard of OT
King Street mid-day on Saturday
From VisitAlexandriaVA.com
Saturday night
Sunday morning
Wolfe Street is always one of the last to be plowed . . .
St. Mary’s steeple and the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier
Open for business
Snow on the Spite House – the narrowest house in Old Town
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