Re:This map is not upside down
by jcmontx on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:09PM
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Honorary mention to one of the officials maps of Argentina https://www.ign.gob.ar/gallery-app/mapas-escolares-202307/me...
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Re:This map is not upside down
by phyzix5761 on Thursday September 18, 2025 @06:16PM
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Wow this is so cool! Thanks for sharing.
Re:This map is not upside down
by BaardFigur on Thursday September 18, 2025 @07:05PM
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Casually claiming a bunch of British territories
Easy come easy go
Islas Malvinas are Argentinian.
Re:This map is not upside down
by xanderlewis on Thursday September 18, 2025 @07:43PM
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[says who?]
Re:This map is not upside down
by thelibrarian on Thursday September 18, 2025 @08:26PM
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Argentina has tried to prove this both by legal means and by force, and has conclusively failed at both, so I think it's well past time to give up.
Re:This map is not upside down
by kspacewalk2 on Thursday September 18, 2025 @09:09PM
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Not in these three fairly important ways: actual control, the wishes of the people who actually live there, de jure recognition by most countries. Otherwise, sure, totally and wholly Argentinian.
Re:This map is not upside down
by Attrecomet on Friday September 19, 2025 @07:39AM
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I've got another one: historically
Yeah well... thats what england used to do, invade, put their own people to live there and then ask them if they feel like beloging to the crown.
You can ask Ireland.
BOTs are a joke. Like, how is Cyprus British?
Cyprus isnt. There are two sovereign base areas of Cyprus which are overseas U.K. territories, I guess similar to midway.
Re:This map is not upside down
by aptitude_moo on Thursday September 18, 2025 @08:35PM
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Just to clarify, it might be official but I'm argentinean and I never saw a map like this with south on top