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Learn Something New About the World With These Cool Maps

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Who doesn’t love looking at a fun map? No, we don’t mean the tedious ones we had to learn back in our school days. We are talking about the informative and insightful maps that make us think. In this article, for example, we featured 15 cool maps that offer a unique perspective of our world. From a map of the animals of our planet to one of the most photographed places in the world, these fascinating maps will certainly teach you something new and exciting.

1. A map of the regional rug patterns of Iran

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2. The animals of the world map

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3. 3D United States elevation map

Informative Maps, United States elevation map

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4. An old hand-drawn map of Africa in the 1910s

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See Also: Fascinating Maps We Never Saw in Our School Books

5. A map that shows all of the world's roads

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6. The map of most photographed places in the world

Informative Maps, most photographed places

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7. Place names that contain the word 'Peak', 'Mountain', 'Ridge', 'Plain' and 'Field' in the United States

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See Also: 10 Informative and Fun Maps of the United States

8. The world map resized according to population

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9. The Roman Empire vs. the Mongol Empire at their peak

Informative Maps, The Roman Empire vs. the Mongol Empire

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10. The most popular last names in Europe

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11. A map of Every Roman settlement

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12. The ancient lakes of the Sahara

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13. The British Empire at its territorial peak

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14. The oldest universities in Europe that are still open

Informative Maps, universities in Europe

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See Also: Some Fascinating Maps With Unusual Information

15. A hand-drawn map of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also known as the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in 1618

Informative Maps, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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