Most of the maps were created before the First World war.
Interestingly, in the maps shown not only the idea of national borders, the possibilities for routing and the like, but the images of countries.
These cards were created in Europe long before the First world war and during it. It is interesting to trace in what way represented the country in different periods of time.
1548. Hanover
1806
1854
1854. “A comic map of the theater of war” or “Europe from the height of bird flight”, Hamburg
1870. Italian map
1870. The “satirical map of the New Europe”, Paris
1875. “Today in Europe”, Zurich
1877. Humorous map of Europe. Netherlands
1882. “European animals – satirical physiology”, Brussels
1888. Comic map of Europe. Germany
1899. “Fishing in troubled waters: a comic map of Europe”, London
1900. “John bull and his friends: a comic map of Europe”, London
1914
1914
1914. “Kill that eagle!”, London
1914. “Humorous map of Europe in 1914”, Dresden
1914. The Great War
1914. Map of Europe in 1914. Berlin
1914. The map of modern Europe. Russia
1914. London
1914. Satirical map of Europe
1914. Symbolic map of Europe. Paris
1915
1915
1915. “Overview of European spring, 1915”, Hamburg
1915. “Theatre of the European war.” Paris
1915. Europe in the war (English version) and reality
1915. Symbolic map of Europe. Moscow
1917. Card, is instructive for citizens of the Russian
1917. New York
2008. Map of UEFA
XVI-XVII century.