We have all seen the horrific events in, and the destruction of, Ukraine during the unprovoked and unjustified attack on the country. In the series of maps of world countries mobilità has made a map of Ukraine. To help the Ukrainian people all proceeds from the sales of the map will go to humanitarian aid through the Red Cross and UNHCR.
Thank you for Standing With Ukraine!
Known for high fashion, perfume, croissants, the riviera, artists, Paris, the Eiffel Tower, fine cuisine, wine, cheese and of course champagne. France is the third largest country in Europe.
It was first settled by Greeks and Celts around 700 BCE and the oldest city of France is Marseille from 600 BCE.
In ancient times France was a part of a Celtic region called Gaul or Gallia (think Asterix) but it was conquered by Julius Caesar in 58-51 BCE and was governed by the Roman Empire until Rome couldn’t hold off the Germanic Franks in the 5th century. The name France is taken from the Latin name for the Franks.
In 987 Hugh Capet became King of West Francia. This kingdom expanded territorially and became closer to the France of today. The death of the last king in the line of succession led to the 100 Year War featuring a young peasant girl called Jeanne d’Arc leading the troops to victory.
France stayed a monarchy until the French Revolution in 1789 when Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette and many others were famously guillotined. The French Revolution was the start of the 1st Republic. Soon after this Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power and proclaimed himself Emperor and tried to take over Europe. After being defeated in Waterloo and sent to prison there was another king taking his place but after being toppled the 2nd Republic started in 1848. Only four years in comes Napoleon III, restoring the monarchy yet again and keeping it until 1871 when the 3rd Republic starts. After WWII but without the resurrection of the monarchy in between the 4th Republic started in 1947 and the final 5th Republic started with Charles de Gaulle in 1959.
Apart from mainland and Corsica, France has six so called overseas departments, for instance Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion. It also has smaller colonies called overseas territories like French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
Always having loved maps and travel the combination of the two seems obvious. Using the typeface Coucher Drop Shadow gave the prints a classic travel poster look. Starting with Italy, the name is written in the Italian and the colors are taken from the Italian flag.
The land of history, design, vespas, beautiful cars, great movies, fabulous food and the best dressed people.
Italy as we know it is a fairly modern country. It was conceived when Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi united the smaller kingdoms (many dominated by foreign countries) situated on the Italian peninsula in 1861 and created the Kingdom of Italy with King Vittorio Emanuele II as head of state.
Garibaldi started his attempts to unite Italy in the 1830s, first together with Giuseppe Mazzini who also wanted to create a democratic republican government through his secret society Young Italy. Garibaldi did however change sides and started working with the monarchist Count of Cavour who also wanted to unite Italy although not as a republic but with the king of Piemonte-Sardinia, Vittorio Emanuele II, as head of state.
Taking sides with the monarchists led to Garibaldi being incarcerated and sentenced to death. He managed to escape and flee to South America where he stayed for 14 years before returning to Italy to continue his plans for unification which he was able to complete on March 17, 1861.
Because of their work to unite Italy most towns and cities has a Corso Garibaldi, a Piazza Cavour or a Galleria Mazzini.
The first three in a new series of illustrations of the most amazing islands from around the world showing the beautiful patterns of topographic lines.
