I finally spotted a map where they put Hawaii in the Gulf of Mexico

Someone posted a travel brochure for a Florida beach resort that had Hawaii floating just south of New Orleans, and I knew they messed up because I've been checking maps for weird errors ever since my geography teacher showed us a globe with two Alaskas back in middle school - has anyone else found a map that just straight up moves whole states around?

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cole_mitchell88d ago

That time in sixth grade I found a National Geographic map with the Great Lakes randomly swapped so Lake Michigan was on top and Lake Superior was down by Chicago, and I pointed it out to the teacher thinking I was brilliant, only for her to sigh and say it was a printing error from 1993. I still bring it up at parties to impress exactly zero people. Your mileage may vary, but I swear map mistakes are like hidden treasures for those of us with too much time on our hands.

barbaragarcia8d ago

Oh for SURE, @cole_mitchell8. I once found a road atlas from 1987 where they drew the entire state of Oklahoma as a perfect RECTANGLE because somebody messed up the panhandle. My dad got SO mad when I showed him because he'd been using it for years to plan trips. Map errors are like catching a glitch in the Matrix, nobody else cares but it feels HUGE.