Map of Europe by Heinrich Bünting, 1582.⁣

21 comments

1. *Helvetia* apparently was very close to the Mediterranean once, bordering it actually.

   I demand justice and restauration of that status quo ante. [Free access to the Mediterranean!](https://www.reddit.com/r/GreaterSwitzerland/)

2. It looks like he took some creative liberties.

3. I like Bohemia, that’s good observation and art from him

4. britain is a sad melted slice of cheese 🙁

5. I hate that I can still tell whats what

6. That’s pretty spot on

7. When Malta is not only remembered but also shown to be the size of Corsica, but your island doesn’t even get a mention.

   Yes, I am aware there are more glaring issues. No, I will not care.

8. Scandinavia is gigantic in this

9. Bohemia, the heart of Europe.

   Poland, the… cock of Europe…?

10. Got to love those [famous Lithuanian mountains](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk%C5%A1tojas_Hill)

11. I see Albania but no serbia… 😎😎🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

12. Me, a hungarian: :O

13. There’s a lot of Albania here. As it should be.

14. Norway and Sweden just look like a sack of balls lol

15. Interesting that Jerusalem isn’t even mentioned on the map. Old maps usually put Jerusalem or Rome as the center of the Map.

    Edit: looked this guy up, and found a map which puts Jerusalem in the center of the map. [There’s the map](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_B%C3%BCnting#/media/File%3A1581_Bunting_clover_leaf_map.jpg)

16. Ah yes, old country Albania.. but no Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia.

17. One of the maps where the Apennine Peninsula in called “**Welschland**”, from “[Walhaz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walhaz)”, a Gemanic term for Romans.

    This word is the source root of *Włochy* and *Olaszország*, the infamously unusual names for Italy in Polish and Hungarian respectively.

18. Does anyone have a clue what “Megapolis” north to Bohemia is meant to depict? Or am I reading it wrong?

19. Poland keeps getting fucked

20. Spot on!

21. I like the Illyricum and Albania thing ngl.