06 Agu, 2026
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Mid-Afternoon Map: The Tragedy of Tragedy, A Tragedy in Two Books – Beragampengetahuan

Moby-Dick or, The Whale. More sophisticated readers than me can debate whether Moby Dick really is the great American novel. But there’s no doubt in my mind that Herman Melville crafted the great American subtitle. Subtitling turns out to be surprisingly hard, and a lot of us have a tendency to overdo it. Popular foreign […]

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Mid-Afternoon Map: The Collective Punishment Club – Beragampengetahuan

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** Turkish history and Twitter are […]

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Mid-Afternoon Map: The Temple of beragampengetahuan – Beragampengetahuan

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** Over the years, I’ve seen […]

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Mid-Afternoon Map: Octo-Communist Extravaganza – beragampengetahuan – Beragampengetahuan

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** As cliches go, the rise […]