This Map Shows What The World Of Oil Looked Like In 1940

Reddit user sverdrupian has posted an amazing, 73-year-old map showing what the world looked like from the view of Standard Oil. By 1940, the Standard Oil trust created by John D. Rockefeller had been long broken up into "baby standards." The largest one — and the biggest producer in the world — remained registered in New Jersey but was headquartered at the Standard Oil Building in Manhattan. The map is distorted to emphasize important areas.  There are a bunch of neat things going on: Illi...