Next up is South America…the #Petrofuture —
Melted ice caps on a vintage Esso gas station map.
Higher-res images:
https://conspiracyofcartographers.com
#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #SouthAmerica #Brazil #Brasil #worldBuilding #Argentina #Colombia #Venezuela #AmazonRiver #Chile #Peru #Ecuador #Paraguay
Map of the Amazon River from 1707, naming the various peoples who live along it.
You can see in the source line that in those days, another name for the Amazon was "Marañon"--Cashew. The great Cashew River.
My proximate source for the image is a recorded class by the linguist Denis Bertet.
You know that thing where guys are supposed to be thinking all the time about the Roman Empire?
... I am all the time thinking about the Amazon. All. the. time. It is the background hum in my processors these days. #Amazonas #Amazonia #Colombia #RioAmazonas #AmazonRiver
