great britain

Illustration by Stanley Smith from 'The Gilbert Harding Question Book' devised by W. H. Mason, published 1956.

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    Mark.Weaver, AK●MG, karenjeannette, TOOCO, and 255 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Frank Synopsis (52 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Maps in Signs & Graphics, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  3. AK●MG (52 months ago | reply)

    wow!! Love it!!

  4. carlylennox (52 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic find!

  5. Peter V. Hernandez (52 months ago | reply)

    This is beautiful, great find.

  6. Library Fashionista (52 months ago | reply)

    Love it-- one of my favorite shades of blue.

  7. oonat (35 months ago | reply)

    Geographically incorrect. Ireland is not part of Great Britain, as clearly indicated otherwise by this illustrated map.

  8. Frank Synopsis (35 months ago | reply)

    Yes, that's confusing to many people. As I understand it:
    - Great Britain is the name of the island that has England, Scotland, and Wales.
    - British Isles is the term for the pair of islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and many of the lesser islands (I'm sure some have their own designation and might not be considered part of the British Isles).
    - United Kingdom is a political entity that includes England, Scotland, and Wales, and formerly included Ireland (before 1922).

  9. Frank Synopsis (35 months ago | reply)

    Ireland tucks so nicely into the space west of Great Britain that it probably has encouraged grouping them visually and conceptually. That has probably served as a subconscious justification for conquest, too. :-P

  10. designerviolence (35 months ago | reply)

    Ireland is not part of the UK

  11. Frank Synopsis (35 months ago | reply)

    Was it considered part of it (by the British) before Irish independence...?

  12. onetruesim (35 months ago | reply)

    IRELAND is not part of "Great" Britain. Lovely illustration, but the British actually committed mass genocide against the Irish, our "Famine" was actually our version of the Holocaust.
    The British killed 7/8 million Irish. Where they show trees, these don't exist, britain destroyed all our forests to build the naval fleet. VENTED

  13. rustlecrow (35 months ago | reply)

    Don't exaggerate onetrueism. The population over the famine dropped from 8 million to around 4. And much of that was due to migration.

    Also - there are a least 2 trees in the waterford/wexford area.

  14. mazurka666 (34 months ago | reply)

    Lovely and interesting design, but a pity about the inaccurate title.

    I'm puzzled though by the pig up at the border area. Something to do with a bacon industry, maybe?.

  15. Alec does art (16 months ago | reply)

    Turns out in my town, there's a giant Ox! Who knew!

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