Comments on: 173 - The Hungry Gulf Crocodile

By: Principled Discovery » Saying it with cartography

Principled Discovery » Saying it with cartography — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:01:38 +0000

[...] maps, maps as political cartoons, and an interesting map comparing the world’s GDP to our fifty states. It is interesting just [...]

By: topical maps « free association

topical maps « free association — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:28:09 +0000

[...] They shift perspective. You leave them with a sense not only of place, but of meaning.Take the Hungry Gulf Crocodile, seen above. More than just being a map, it tells you somthing fundamental about that place. The [...]

By: lordhutton

lordhutton — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:14:27 +0000

Of course, if the crocodile snapped its teeth together, it would shut off its source of sustenance. I suppose there are some who would consider this a good thing. Merkins messing with a crocodile is surely rampant provocation.

By: pseudonymous in nc

pseudonymous in nc — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:53:11 +0000

re: “I have never heard of the Iran-Iraq War called the First Gulf War before you did so… I find your confusion hard to believe here”

The BBC called it ‘The Gulf War’ right through its coverage during the 1980s. Bulloch and Morris’s 1989 book was entitled ‘The Gulf War: Its Origins, History, and Consequences’.

The difference in nomenclature in the US is understandable: only wars in which they fight get to be numbered.

By: Espen B

Espen B — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:30:03 +0000

Going through the archives, I noticed that today marks the one-year anniversary for your wonderful blog! Congratulations, and thank you for all the interesting and funny maps you have brought to our attention so far - and here’s to many more!

By: Present Tensed » Interesting Links/Articles between September 6th and September 8th

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:33:27 +0000

[...] 173 - The Hungry Gulf Crocodile « strange maps : [...]

By: James Grose

James Grose — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:20:52 +0000

The reason for some of the crocodile teeth along the Iranian shore, are depicted as missiles, is a reference to the Silkworm missiles that Iran has deployed, and threatened to use during the 1980-88 Iran/Iraq war.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:12:57 +0000

I was thinking something along the lines of what Chad mentioned. Either way, a very cool, very accurate map!

By: chad

chad — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:57:21 +0000

Shouldn’t that read “the liberation of Kuwait by the US and its allies”, since the US didn’t keep the territory.

By: Christof Spieler

Christof Spieler — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:30:56 +0000

Odd thought… the Persian Gulf is a lot like the Baltic Sea. Russia is the equivalent of Iraq (a big nation whose sea access is through a constricted channel bounded by potentially hostile nations) Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are Kuwait, Denmark is UAE, Germany is Saudi Arabia, and Sweden is Iran. The politics of the Baltic may be peaceful now, but its history of conflicts has a lot in common with the history of the Persian Gulf: the shape of continents really does shape history.