A few folks kindly let me know that the title was originally bestowed to the Spanish Empire under Philip II and his successors. So, here I am four years later, with an updated visualization for 1590 Spain! “the sun never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shines upon one part or other of them: which, to say truly, is a beam of glory” — Francis Bacon
I’ll never understand why some europeans think occupying other peoples lands is something to be proud of.
Edit. The replies to this are making me chuckle lol
SteelRazorBlade on
Did the Iberian Union really control that much of India and Africa’s coastline in 1590?
Expert_Connection_75 on
In india they never had this long coastal colony. Data source is not correct
vincenzodelavegas on
Do France now with all the islands 🙂
Joltie on
I understand that’s not the point of this map, but man the Spanish possessions are pretty incorrect. If this shows the Spanish as owning Patagonia where they had no presence in 1590, simply due to the Treaty of Tordesilhas, might as well show them owning practically the whole of North America and Africa too.
Portuguese showing as controlling the whole coastline from Mauritania to Djibouti, showing them owning the Eastern coastline of Madagascar, the whole Western coast of India.
I mean, at the end of this, this is more of a fictional Spanish Empire in 1590 than the real one.
willseb on
The Philippines is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
TheRetardedGoat on
This saying was based on the British empire not the Spanish one haha
Noob_pussey on
Just having a camp is considered as empire in this chart?
BeardyGoku on
Minor detail but the data for The Netherlands is not correct.
Argendauss on
Wrong, this is largely claimed but not controlled. Africa, India, South America have been addressed by others.
In the eastern US in 1590 all Spain had was St Augustine, St. Marks (Tallahassee) and a string of missions between them and directly around (a couple up the Georgia sea islands). Santa Elena and San Miguel de Gualdape in the Carolinas had been abandoned. So had Pensacola. No Mobile, no New Orleans, absolutely nothing inland like this.
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TWHorde on
The Dutch would like a word with you…
Not that it would make a difference, but your depiction is just wrong in so many ways
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A few years ago, I posted [a visualization of the 1921 British Empire night-day cycle](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/s2f4on/oc_animation_of_the_empire_on_which_the_sun_never/) to demonstrate how the sun never set on British territory.
A few folks kindly let me know that the title was originally bestowed to the Spanish Empire under Philip II and his successors. So, here I am four years later, with an updated visualization for 1590 Spain! “the sun never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shines upon one part or other of them: which, to say truly, is a beam of glory” — Francis Bacon
Map and gif created with R following Dr. Dominic Royé’s excellent [tutorial](https://dominicroye.github.io/blog/night-day-world/). The GeoJSON file of Imperio Español 1590 is from the [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data:Imperio_Espa%C3%B1ol_1590.map).
I’ll never understand why some europeans think occupying other peoples lands is something to be proud of.
Edit. The replies to this are making me chuckle lol
Did the Iberian Union really control that much of India and Africa’s coastline in 1590?
In india they never had this long coastal colony. Data source is not correct
Do France now with all the islands 🙂
I understand that’s not the point of this map, but man the Spanish possessions are pretty incorrect. If this shows the Spanish as owning Patagonia where they had no presence in 1590, simply due to the Treaty of Tordesilhas, might as well show them owning practically the whole of North America and Africa too.
Portuguese showing as controlling the whole coastline from Mauritania to Djibouti, showing them owning the Eastern coastline of Madagascar, the whole Western coast of India.
I mean, at the end of this, this is more of a fictional Spanish Empire in 1590 than the real one.
The Philippines is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
This saying was based on the British empire not the Spanish one haha
Just having a camp is considered as empire in this chart?
Minor detail but the data for The Netherlands is not correct.
Wrong, this is largely claimed but not controlled. Africa, India, South America have been addressed by others.
In the eastern US in 1590 all Spain had was St Augustine, St. Marks (Tallahassee) and a string of missions between them and directly around (a couple up the Georgia sea islands). Santa Elena and San Miguel de Gualdape in the Carolinas had been abandoned. So had Pensacola. No Mobile, no New Orleans, absolutely nothing inland like this.
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The Dutch would like a word with you…
Not that it would make a difference, but your depiction is just wrong in so many ways