Yeah Canada is a real problem. I can't put the ocean thing around it, because it isn't an island nation, nor can i put a circle on it like for example for Andorra, because it's elongated. I was thinking of doing an arrow, but I can't figure out how to do that with classes and all.
What I did now as a sort of intermediate solution, until I have a better idea, was cheat a little and make the Canada portion a little larger. :D cheaky me
The problem is, that i need the class node for "border country". If I had an arrow, I would want it to disappear once Canada is typed in, but then Canada would have to be a class.
Another amazing Nathaniel quiz!!! It's interesting to see how much of South America and the U.S. Spain had. A couple requests. 1. Can you add in parenthesis next to United Kingdom what territory it is? 2. Could you possibly add a caveat saying, "Includes a modern day oversees territory of a European country"?
Thank you! I don't think that's really necessary, because of the Falkland War most people know that the UK own them and where they are approximately. According to the current stats 81% got them.
Errr noooooo. They were only held by Spain in 1800 as an intermission because the British presence was temporarily withdrawn when Spain allied with France during the Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars. They were never held by any recognised Argentinian Administration ever, until the 1982 war.
This is very nice map and quiz, but it contains a few errors for 1807:
- Spain didn't hold any territory in Morocco then.
- Control over most of Mindanao wasn't established until later in the 19th century (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moro_Sultanates_(Philippines).png)
- Spanish Guinea had some slightly different borders back then, stretching to Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon which can be seen here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treaty1777.JPG
The Morocco problem is still valid with your new source map.
I believe that you've wrongly assumed the two dots in North Africa as Moroccan and added it. And while Morocco do claim those Spanish possessions, they are controlled by Spain to this day.
To elaborate, the two dots in North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla... and many more smaller 'plazas de soberania' that are redacted) were not returned to Morocco, even when Spain returned rest of its Moroccan holdings in 1956.
That's all of Argentina/Chile that Spain controlled? Wow. I know that the south is pretty inhospitable, but I always thought Spain controlled the entire southern cone excluding Brazil.
The Spanish reached Vancouver Island (which is why you can find Spanish placenames like Tofino and Zabellos), but they faced competition from the British, which they never really challenged, and therefore they never claimed Vancouver Island.
As for the Canadian portion on the map, Spain, and later France, claimed the Mississippi-Missouri watershed, which extends into Canada via the Milk River, but the region was not explored by Europeans yet and this was more of a theoretical claim than anything.
I believe the possessions of Spain in Morocco were larger back then. Although the locations might be around Ceuta and Melilla, they were more extensive back then.
Did the Spanish not control the Marianas islands back then? (That would add the USA for Guam and the Northern Marianas) I understand that rio de oro, rio muni and morocco were all taken much later as part of the scramble for Africa but didn't Spain's Pacific holdings date from much earlier?
I noticed a spot on northeast Spain, which looks like Andorra, isn't an answer at all. Does this mean Andorra should be an answer or it just shouldn't be there at all?
I could send you a screenshot through discord but I can't dm you since I'm not your friend. It's a very small detail that doesn't really matter anyway.
I opened the map in Inkscape now, and you are right, Andorra was on the map, it shouldn't though, since Andorra gained independence of Aragon in the year 1278. I've removed Andorra now, the changes are pending review. Thanks for the hint.
Great quiz Nathaniel! I only missed a few, including Trinidad where I am from lol. I was taught that Trinidad was captured by the British in 1797. However this possession by the British was apparently only formalized in 1802 with the Treaty of Amiens.
Yes, but actually no. The possessions were much more extensive around Ceuta and Melilla at the time, encompassing the land around the two cities, before eventually being shrunk back to just the cities.
This quiz is a fake, where is Ntherlands, Belgium, Italy?, and Morocco?... it appears like Ceuta and Melilla, and both cities are not Morocco, these cities are Spain when Morocco isnt exist.
This quiz is not about all countries controlled by the Spanish Empire at some point in time, but about the specific year 1800. At this point in time the only parts of Morocco controlled by Spain are the surroundings of modern-day Ceuta and Melilla, hence the dots for Morocco. Those are not Ceuta and Melilla themselves.
It wasn't Spanish in 1800. While the Spanish had established settlements there earlier, they had abandoned them by 1780. They wouldn't take any of the country back until 1844.
border country canada map-hidden ca
(If Canada's path is ca)
/jk I got Canada anyway after checking the country list below. Love these modern-day countries quizzes 💙
But who didn’t get Spain.
- Spain didn't hold any territory in Morocco then.
- Control over most of Mindanao wasn't established until later in the 19th century (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moro_Sultanates_(Philippines).png)
- Spanish Guinea had some slightly different borders back then, stretching to Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon which can be seen here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treaty1777.JPG
I believe that you've wrongly assumed the two dots in North Africa as Moroccan and added it. And while Morocco do claim those Spanish possessions, they are controlled by Spain to this day.
To elaborate, the two dots in North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla... and many more smaller 'plazas de soberania' that are redacted) were not returned to Morocco, even when Spain returned rest of its Moroccan holdings in 1956.
As for the Canadian portion on the map, Spain, and later France, claimed the Mississippi-Missouri watershed, which extends into Canada via the Milk River, but the region was not explored by Europeans yet and this was more of a theoretical claim than anything.
I thought this was about fun and creativity!
This is a history quiz my guy (or ma'am). What made you think historical maps are about that rather than actual events that happened?