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    Rate mal, wie alt der Globus meines Großvaters ist

    Ich kenne das Alter, aber ich möchte sehen, wer es sonst noch bekommen kann

    Von Randomm_23

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    2. SprinklesHuman3014 on

      It has East and West Germany, mentions Rhodesia and still has the cities of Angola with the names of the Colonial Era. so perhaps newer than 1965 and older than 1974.

    4. nj_legion_ice_tea on

      Democratic Yemen started in ’67. Israeli occupation of Sinai as well. Rhodesia was called so until ’79. So somewhere between these.

    7. BroBroMate on

      1971?

      Zambia so named in 1964, Rhodesia 1965, SWA became Namibia in June 1968 but the PDR of Yemen was the PR of South Yemen until Nov 1970.

      And Melvin Payne became president of Nat Geo in 1967.

    8. kballs on

      Gonna guess between 1965-1970 because it’s Rhodesia and not Republic of Rhodesia

    13. JohnEffingZoidberg on

      Given the presence of Rhodesia, Angola, and Mozambique, it’s between 1975 and 1979.

      Since Angola shows all the Portuguese place names, it’s probably no later than 1976.

    14. odysseushogfather on

      pre-1974 [Treaty of Jeddah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Jeddah_(1974)) as Qatar borders UAE, [Israeli occupied sinai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Sinai_Peninsula) 1967 – 1982, [Rhodesia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia) 1965–1970, [South Vietnam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam) 1955–1975, [Portuguese Mozambique](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Mozambique) ended 1975, [Democratic Yemen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yemen) 1970–1990.

      So my guess is 1970.

    15. Former-Chocolate-793 on

      Before 1976. The north Vietnamese captured Saigon in 1975 and renamed it.

    18. DerLandmann on

      Should be from 1967, because that is the only year in which Melvin M. Payne and Melville Bell Grosvenor held the positions at National Geographic which are stated on that globe.

    23. Weak-Cauliflower4226 on

      1. Gilbert M. Grosvenor was editor at Nat Geo between 1970 and 1980, so it has to be between that.
      2. South Vietnam still exists, so pre-1976.
      3. It’s also hard to tell but Portugal seems to be the same colour as Angola and Mozambique, so pre-independence in 1975.
      4. The town of Iman in Russian East Asia is named Dalnerechensk which happened in 1972.

      So 1972-1975?

    25. Narmatonia on

      After checking Wikipedia I’m going to say 1976 for 4 reasons:

      1. Angola gained independence in 1975/1976

      2. Zimbabwe stopped being called Rhodesia in 1979/1980

      3. The demarcation line in Vietnam stopped being used in 1976

      4. If you look in the first picture just above the yellow rectangle, you can see it says “H-I-76”

    27. luciferin on

      I love the clouds in the 2nd pic!  Do you ever bother moving them around to update to current weather patterns?

    28. TallRelationship2253 on

      Has to be between ’67 to ’68. Since Rhodesia only had that name between 65-70 and then was renamed Republic of Rhodesia. But Namibia was renamed from the name South West Africa in ’68. And finally Democratic Republic of Yemen was only started in ’67.

    29. Clear-Spring1856 on

      Couldn’t say exactly but to narrow it down without a google search it’s been 1948-1991 because Israel is on the map and Yugoslavia isn’t split yet. Cool pic!

    32. kjalow on

      Between November 11 and December 1 1975. Angola is independent from Portugal, so it has to be after November 11, and I think I’m guessing that it’s Spanish Sahara, not Western Sahara, which would put it before December 1.

      I’m guessing Spanish Sahara mostly because it’s the same color as Spain, but if it’s Western Sahara, then it’s definitely before July 1976 because of North and South Vietnam.

    33. Every_60_seconds on

      Mid-60s to 1975. I can see South Vietnam is still on the globe.

    38. Objective-Fold3371 on

      If you showed Bangladesh, maybe I could’ve guessed, this is definitely after ww2

    39. AaronIncognito on

      Based on the stamp, the globe was probably manufactured in 1976… but the globe might use earlier borders since it doesn’t have a unified Vietnam (mid-1976) or partitioned Cyprus (happened in 1974 but might not have appeared on maps yet). It’s certainly not earlier than 1971, cos Lake Nasser exists, and that’s a man-made lake. Namibia seems to be mislabeled (it got renamed in 1968 but was still held by apartheid south Africa). Czechoslovakia confuses me… Slovakia was closer to Moscow, but they’ve coloured it like it’s part of the USSR.

      On balance, I’d say the map reflects borders in late 1975/early 1976.

    40. Jankosiauke on

      I think it’s between February and June of 1968 but I’m not sure about Namibia’s name.

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