Flashes on the Map: Forgotten or Short-Lived Places

Leo Dillon, US Department of State

It is said that as soon as a map is published, it's obsolete, and certainly change is a constant in the world of cartography. In the lifetime of some still among us, dozens of republics, enclaves, colonial outposts, puppet states, and dubious islands appearing on reputable maps have come and gone. Join the presenter as he takes you across the world over more than a century to have a look at these footnotes in the history of cartography.

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3. Ifni 1860-1969
5. Tannu Tuva (Tuvin People’s Republic) 1921-1944
9. Manchukuo (Manchuria) 1932-1945
13. East Prussia (Königsberg) 13th Century-1945
16. North Borneo (Chartered Company) 1882-1941
19. British North Borneo (Crown Colony) 1946-1963
22. Republic of Mahabad 1946
25. Maria Theresa Reef
28. New Moore/South Talpatti Island
29. Bangladesh India Proposed land boundary terminus
31. Sandy Island (1880-2012)
35. Leo Dillon Office of the Geographer U.S. Department of State