Old Religion World Map, 1854 - Religious Beliefs in the 19th Century - Buddhists, Protestants, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Heathens olympics Scafell Pike

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and the condor

and Red shows Prussia

Scotland is just about visible at the top of the map - you can see up to Edinburgh (or Edenburg

Old Religion World Map, 1854 - Religious Beliefs in the 19th Century - Buddhists, Protestants, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Heathens olympics Scafell PikeA truly fascinating, rare old map of the world showing the spread and scale of religious beliefs in 1854. The map was originally published in 1854 by AK Johnston out of Edinburgh, Scotland. Take a look at the detailed listing images and marvel at how the world's religions were dramatically different back in the mid 19th century. For a start, there was only about 1 billion people on the planet and 300 million of them were Buddhists. The Roman Catholics