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A Special Brilliant Maps Birthday Edition
Ian Wright
May 26, 2025
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Welcome back to a very special birthday edition of the Brilliant Maps Newsletter.
Today is my Dad’s 80th birthday - Happy Birthday, Dad!
Growing up, I always thought he was a good father.
We spent countless hours talking about history, politics, economics, and a wide range of other topics, many of which have gone on to inspire the maps I share with you here.
But it wasn’t until I became a father myself that I truly understood just how great a father he really was.
He was endlessly patient, always willing to listen, even when I was going on (and on) about things he probably had little personal interest in.
He offered thoughtful advice, but always with the understanding that it was ultimately my choice whether to take it.
And perhaps most importantly for Brilliant Maps, he was one of my earliest and biggest supporters, especially in those early days when I wasn’t sure where it would go.
In fact, he wrote articles for 17 of the maps on the site, all of which you can read below.
Thanks again Dad!
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1994 Swedish and Norwegian EU Referendum Results By Municipality
Ireland’s Catastrophic Population Decline 1841-51 Due To The Potato Famine
Countries Which Have At Some Point Claimed To Be Rome’s Successor
Bird’s Eye View of The City of Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) In 1876
Population Change in the Former Soviet Republics Between 1989 & 2018
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GDP per Capita in Europe in 1890 (in 2017 $)
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Change In Percentage Of Indian Households with Toilets From 2014 to 2017
Noise Level From Natural Sources in the United States
Historic vs Present Geographical Distribution of Lions
The Incredible Shrinking Aral Sea 1960-2014
Saint Martin – The Smallest Inhabited Island Divided Between Two Countries
South African Republic Referendum 1960
Canada’s Forgotten Prohibition Plebiscite of 1898
The European Green Belt That Follows The Corridor of The Former Iron Curtain
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Maps from last Friday:
The Rapidly Declining Fertility Rate Of India (2001 vs 2021)
Where Americans Move: The Source Of The Most Residents Born Out-of-State
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