This late 20's metro map of Paris (sponsored by the winemakers from the Midi) boasts a strong message: Drink wine, don't get tuberculosis.

The occupation of the Rhineland in 1918 resulted in a small part of Germany being cut off from the rest: Freistaat Flaschenhals.

This map shows the tense situation in Europe in 1953. It is one of the few maps depicting the Iron Curtain