Infographics, Maps, Music and More: Europe Map

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Saturday, June 25, 2022

Geography Games - Seterra Geography Quizzes

This is a great site - there are a large assortment of map quizzes to choose from. Some are easy, some are fairly difficult! Highly recommended...

Friday, December 31, 2021

Pytheas of Massalia was a Greek mariner who made a voyage of exploration to northwestern Europe in about 325 BC, On this voyage, he circumnavigated and visited a considerable part of modern-day Great Britain and Ireland. He was the first known scientific visitor to see and describe the Arctic, polar ice, and the Celtic and Germanic tribes. He is also the first person on record to describe the midnight sun.

His explorations

Artic Ice

Further Info (Map sources)

Pytheas's Voyage - Forgotten History
PYTHEAS’ VOYAGE part2 - Seafarer's Blog
Pytheas of Massalia: The first Greek to reach Britain and the Arctic
Pytheas - Wikipedia

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

The Flow Towards Europe

Mapping the Frenzy of Europe's Migrant Crisis

The sheer scale of this migrant crisis has rocked the world and left European Union leaders grappling for solutions.

Only a small fraction of refugees fleeing their homes make it to Europe. The UN has registered four million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and North Africa. Most of them live in refugee camps close to the border. They would fit on 59 soccer fields.

Stats

Greece reported roughly 10,000 asylum-seekers a day arriving from Turkey.
Around 680,400 people arrived in Europe just this year from crisis regions.
By the end of 015, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Finland expect a total of 1.3 million asylum applications.
Syria has overtaken all other countries in refugee volume.