Update on the Art of Yanko Tsvetkov - the Mapping Stereotypes Project

A little more than a year ago I posted here about this master cartographer, or rather, social analyst: The Geography of Prejudice indeed! Here's an update from Yanko's website.


Click and go!
And I want a t-shirt :-Þ

Now, Yanko did not do this one, nor do I know who created it, 
but here it goes, Europe according to the Portuguese:

Let's honor here those I find priceless :)








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