What if the United States was WIDER? (Alt History Maps)

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  • @ItsGhidxrah
    @ItsGhidxrah 2 года назад +811

    Round of applause for everyone who helped Drew get to 1M. Congratulations

    • @thereportfuture
      @thereportfuture 2 года назад +12

      after all this time we did it

    • @amandasipes6944
      @amandasipes6944 2 года назад +8

      Finally we did it

    • @geochonker9052
      @geochonker9052 2 года назад +6

      I subbed at like 600k I think

    • @Vaprod12
      @Vaprod12 2 года назад +4

      1.01M

    • @eitantour8059
      @eitantour8059 2 года назад +3

      i just realized i subscribed, i don't know how long i have been i think it was an accident

  • @damndanielthesuctioncupdan
    @damndanielthesuctioncupdan 2 года назад +411

    Drew, when addressing Irish myths: Is there Nessie?
    Me, who’s Scottish: *ahem* Who’s gonna tell him?

  • @zijun2731
    @zijun2731 2 года назад +140

    11:46 Drew that's because of William Walker. He took over Nicaragua for a few months before he got defeated by the Costa Rican army which had some help from Cornelius Vanderbilt.

    • @switchwasthere7302
      @switchwasthere7302 2 года назад +6

      Honestly, William Walker has such an unappreciated story, and I bet if more creators knew of him they could grab a ton of views

    • @canada5907
      @canada5907 2 года назад +2

      I-

    • @WistfuII
      @WistfuII 2 месяца назад

      So basically he tried to pull a Hawaii but it didn't work?

  • @SimulatedPab
    @SimulatedPab 2 года назад +117

    Watched you for over 2 years! Thanks for fueling my love of geography XD, Congrats on 1 mill!!!!!

    • @Magic-qt6sr
      @Magic-qt6sr 2 года назад +3

      bro same!

    • @juanwasd6955
      @juanwasd6955 2 года назад +4

      I forgot that your channel existed.. I used to watch you soo mucg

    • @SimulatedPab
      @SimulatedPab 2 года назад +4

      @@juanwasd6955 thanks… I guess XD

    • @__chinmay__
      @__chinmay__ 2 года назад +1

      Hey there simulated

    • @L_R.-MG
      @L_R.-MG 2 года назад

      hi simulated like ur vids

  • @oddy2509
    @oddy2509 2 года назад +65

    The "Gates of Alexander " is an actual story from "Alexander's Romance" where he and the Greeks built a giant barrier wall in the caucasus to keep out the Gog and Magog who have been depicted as man eating giants in many medieval illustrations.

    • @Xtessisold
      @Xtessisold 2 года назад +3

      Gog and Magog are things in the Bible with gog being the leader of magog

    • @dr_Matt-nc3ne
      @dr_Matt-nc3ne 2 года назад +2

      Looks like attack on titan to me

    • @TheGrimReaper19
      @TheGrimReaper19 Год назад

      *SASAGEYO SASAGEYO*

  • @cllncl
    @cllncl 2 года назад +47

    I think that in the first map, the smog from the volcano moved north and spread out due to wind.
    The smog covering the sun caused all life to die, making the land uninhabitable.

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 2 года назад +58

    Love these Alternative History maps.
    Good presentation and narration.
    Drew, at the start, with Alexander the Great, you said "We weren't too advanced."
    Look up the "Antikythera Mechanism."
    Hopefully, it'll blow your mind!

    • @ryennfilms6429
      @ryennfilms6429 2 года назад +2

      what was so great about it? It's a astronomical mechanism. They were pretty common in ancient rome and greece. If you think this is cool, wait until you learn about the machines that the romans invented that were steam powered.

    • @ryennfilms6429
      @ryennfilms6429 2 года назад +1

      @Aditya vk india is a given. So is the aksum empire.

  • @dragonfly4441
    @dragonfly4441 2 года назад +31

    I really want to watch all of Drew's patrons have a zoom meeting together.

  • @CapzL
    @CapzL 2 года назад +60

    0:49 Actually by 1890 Canada was a dominion not a colony.

    • @_RaysFan
      @_RaysFan 2 года назад +7

      Yes, Canada became a dominion on July 1st, 1867.

    • @majaaaaaaaaaawith10as
      @majaaaaaaaaaawith10as 2 года назад +3

      What's the difference

    • @UnwiseWords
      @UnwiseWords 2 года назад +13

      @@majaaaaaaaaaawith10as I'm guessing more autonomy

    • @dunmo9582
      @dunmo9582 2 года назад +10

      @@majaaaaaaaaaawith10as it can have it's own government and autonomy I think, correct me if I'm wrong

    • @JonahNelson7
      @JonahNelson7 2 года назад +3

      @@majaaaaaaaaaawith10as a dominion definitely has more power over itself, but I think hardly anyone knows what powers were still delegated to the queen because it wasn't independent yet. A weird middle ground I guess

  • @anishraoganesh8602
    @anishraoganesh8602 2 года назад +43

    Drew: reaches 1 million subscriber milestone
    Also drew: doesn't care
    What an absolute chad.

  • @jonhates9617
    @jonhates9617 2 года назад +24

    When Drew says Nicaragua I always laugh

  • @chineseobama6043
    @chineseobama6043 2 года назад +5

    As an Irish person living in county Meath, Drew pointing out the Salmon Of Knowledge was funny since its one story that happened in this county and was also the school crest/logo design in the school I'd gone to

  • @MrCubFan415
    @MrCubFan415 2 года назад +4

    7:11 “Root, Toot, & Shoot”

  • @neutralamity
    @neutralamity 2 года назад +10

    Canada wasn’t a British colony in 1890, but it was still kind of under British rule.

    • @mrjaman3752
      @mrjaman3752 2 года назад +2

      Not kind, it was under British rule as a Dominion

  • @riesenratte3480
    @riesenratte3480 2 года назад +19

    I live in Western Montana it frights me every time I hear about it but unless the lava turns into liquid I don't believe a large scale eruption will happen also the geysers would probably be going off very frequently in a scenario where Yellowstone erupts.

    • @ianp4352
      @ianp4352 2 года назад +1

      you probably don't have to worry as it definitely will not erupt anytime soon and even if it does, scientists will know before it happens and you can get outta there.

    • @fuckeduphippie
      @fuckeduphippie 2 года назад

      I’m in southern Idaho and feel the same way lol. From my understanding, I’m close enough that I’d be in the kill zone, which would be instant incineration. So idk if I can be to worried about something I’d never get to experience.

    • @kamadkdkdlmaoo8437
      @kamadkdkdlmaoo8437 2 года назад +1

      @@ianp4352 Yellowstone is 250 years overdate, Meaning it could literally erupt any second from one little spec of rupture.

    • @riesenratte3480
      @riesenratte3480 2 года назад

      @@kamadkdkdlmaoo8437 Its not that active in reality one litte rupture could cause melt of the lava and put the world in big danger but that might not happen and it isnt showing any sign of a possible eruption

    • @kamadkdkdlmaoo8437
      @kamadkdkdlmaoo8437 2 года назад

      @@riesenratte3480 You DO know that volcanos being 250 years overdate means that they could be preparing a super-eruption, Correct? One little magnitude 3-4 earthquake or something big dropped into it would erupt it and cover the world in toxic clouds and ash and cover the entirety of Montana in lava.. Yellowstone would be able to nearly destroy the entirety of North America and cover the world in harmful ash.

  • @fallschirmjagerthegffan
    @fallschirmjagerthegffan 2 года назад +12

    Canadian Zombies only eats People who consume maple syrup.

  • @confused2228
    @confused2228 2 года назад +18

    Congratulations for 1 million!

  • @LugerP40
    @LugerP40 2 года назад +3

    Boi I Am So Excited For That Gold Play Button Unboxing

  • @seamusmurphy4162
    @seamusmurphy4162 2 года назад +3

    Me living in Ballarat Australia listening to drew talk about the eureka rebellion how good

  • @mgr9699
    @mgr9699 2 года назад +5

    Thanks Drew for you dedication to make our days better. I started watching you like two years ago and I am so thankful I discovered this channel. Thanks Drew, really.

  • @memeknight360
    @memeknight360 2 года назад +3

    1:33 why is nobody talking about the fact that NC and tenessee become one lmao

  • @Private_jin
    @Private_jin 2 года назад +3

    2:00 God i love this map, literally attack on titan

  • @theoliverman7436
    @theoliverman7436 2 года назад +5

    7:38 I love how Lincoln's capitol is 'Fortnite'

    • @xtraviation
      @xtraviation 2 года назад +1

      Its fortine but still funny, dont woosh me.

  • @Kakashi_NoobfromBritain
    @Kakashi_NoobfromBritain 2 года назад +7

    I watched this guy since 2020 and he cured my depression

  • @ХристоснашГосподь
    @ХристоснашГосподь 2 года назад +5

    1:23 anyone notice that Tennessee and North Carolina don't have a border and Georgia has a little more of Alabama

  • @pancholopez8829
    @pancholopez8829 2 года назад +2

    Hey Drew, if you're curious why the US has Nicaragua in 12:05, it's because a Tennessee lawyer had a crazy ambition to be a leader of a foreign country. And he did do that. And that map showed if they US went imperial, they would turn that country into a state.
    EDIT: The lawyer's name is William Walker.

  • @a-sane-person
    @a-sane-person 2 года назад +3

    2:35 As someone from San Diego, I reject this idea for a high speed rail. (It does not go to San Diego.)

  • @starrymcpe5419
    @starrymcpe5419 2 года назад +15

    Very good video! Congrats on 1 mil 😃

  • @seod1353
    @seod1353 2 года назад +3

    9:20 YO WHERES CONNAUGHT

  • @Caligulashorse1453
    @Caligulashorse1453 2 года назад +2

    Drew you should make historical documentation’s

  • @ApoIIo_
    @ApoIIo_ 2 года назад +12

    Aye, congrats on 1 Million!

  • @TheFalloutNerd101
    @TheFalloutNerd101 2 года назад +5

    The Eureka Stockade happened in my home city of Ballarat, I wouldn't say it was entirely a failure in our reality. It led to Victoria allowing for elected officials in Parliament, and arguably led to our own independence from the UK. The stockade is still important in Australian history today, with its flag often being an option in debates about changing our flag, and many pro-Republican groups using the flag as a symbol (pro-Republican as in wanting to remove the Queen and have a president or other non-monarchical had of state, not American Republicanism). It is nice to see an event from my own city make its way into a video about alt history though.

  • @ToobzNightmare
    @ToobzNightmare 2 года назад +7

    I love the Drew Durnil RUclips channel. I watch every video that you make. I know you probably won’t see this, but I just wanna say congrats on 1 million subs and that your videos brighten all of our days :)

  • @cbhorxo
    @cbhorxo 2 года назад +3

    5:30 Actually, the MCU characters - Thor, Odin, Loki, etc. are borrowed from the Norse or Scandinavian mythology!

  • @Numbergamer2024
    @Numbergamer2024 2 года назад +4

    Gg on 1 million. Also I’m surprised that my home is close to the uninhabitable are when it erupts

  • @xoditrax
    @xoditrax 2 года назад +2

    vatican city population: *decent*
    drew’s sub count: *we are preparing to invade you, you little-*

  • @yeeeetforever4871
    @yeeeetforever4871 2 года назад +26

    I am second so I have responsibility so "never gonna give you up never gonna let you down

  • @egg3889
    @egg3889 2 года назад +1

    2:35
    this all falls, or more appropriately, rips apart once we consider plate tectonics.

  • @FewVidsJustComments
    @FewVidsJustComments 2 года назад +4

    1890: Wyoming; * becomes a state *
    Also Wyoming in his videos alternate history: * goes boom *
    US: “well ok then”

    • @fuckeduphippie
      @fuckeduphippie 2 года назад

      Lol, Idaho was also 1890 and Montana was 1889. All three states associated with the park would’ve got fucked first year.

  • @VWdabug
    @VWdabug 2 года назад +2

    The wide Oklahoma wasn’t stretched out
    It was just the panhandle

  • @atharvakodape6647
    @atharvakodape6647 2 года назад +7

    9:47 Drew highlight of the day. Gotta bring the potatoes when talking about Ireland

  • @isaacvorse9022
    @isaacvorse9022 2 года назад +2

    9:13 So when are we doing this?

  • @robsters505
    @robsters505 2 года назад +3

    Congrats on 1M Drew! I love watching your countryball vids because I learn a lot:D Congrats!

  • @DaEvilPrinter
    @DaEvilPrinter 2 года назад +1

    5:30 in Nordic myths, there are completely silent and really fast zombie like creatures that are said to prey upon the unprotected in the night. Have fun with that :)

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 2 года назад +11

    These kinds of videos are very fun. Keep it up. Also, congrats for 1 million subs Drew!

  • @SpectralUmbreon197
    @SpectralUmbreon197 2 года назад +2

    8:18 Not really inspired by Maryland's flag design. It's just the Cadillac car logo in flag form.

  • @neoxwx
    @neoxwx 2 года назад +4

    *We have Wide Putin,*
    *Now get ready for,*
    *Wide Biden*

    • @ApoIIo_
      @ApoIIo_ 2 года назад +1

      *Insert walking music*

  • @oskeer_
    @oskeer_ 2 года назад +2

    Drew! You should make an Age of History game based on alt history maps!

  • @cbhorxo
    @cbhorxo 2 года назад +4

    1:52 CAUCASUS!!!

  • @benjorob1
    @benjorob1 Год назад +1

    The definition of a dessert is an area of land which receives less than 250ml of precipitation annually.

  • @genoratorzzz7269
    @genoratorzzz7269 2 года назад +62

    its my birthday

  • @kane10238
    @kane10238 2 года назад +1

    1M! Congrats Drew!

  • @DavidMartin-qj8gf
    @DavidMartin-qj8gf 2 года назад +5

    Congrats on 1M !! Its crazy you've gotten this far I subbed when you were at 200k it's good to see you've been able to keep growing.

    • @jim4977
      @jim4977 2 года назад +1

      Me at like 500k

  • @RandomVidsforthought
    @RandomVidsforthought 2 года назад +1

    I like your videos about alternate history maps the most

  • @dek420
    @dek420 2 года назад +3

    Ah yes, the Yosemite eruption 0:10

  • @harbl99
    @harbl99 2 года назад

    6:55 -- Wide-a-ho. It was right there Drew!

  • @norway3062
    @norway3062 2 года назад +4

    Day 353 what computer do u use drew

  • @hkljf
    @hkljf 2 года назад +1

    Congrats on 1 millions sub, you are one of my favorite creators!🎉

  • @anmoldaglaik
    @anmoldaglaik 2 года назад +4

    When million special

  • @RealCrateAbyssGuy
    @RealCrateAbyssGuy Год назад

    7:43 It's not a reference to a Klondike Bar, but it is supposed to be a reference to the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897. A bunch of people "Klondikers" had given up their jobs and homes to rush as quickly as possible to Dawson City.

  • @flargensnirkel
    @flargensnirkel Год назад +3

    *The United States of the U.S.A.*

  • @1990sPrintr
    @1990sPrintr 2 года назад +2

    1:14 Are we just gonna ignore Long Carolina?

    • @DinoRicky
      @DinoRicky 8 месяцев назад

      Alt history where North Carolina kept their claims

  • @radityaramadhan7587
    @radityaramadhan7587 2 года назад +4

    Ah yes, looking at fictional map is really helping me prepare for a 2 week long exams
    Pray for me

  • @Alkalus
    @Alkalus 2 года назад +1

    Hey Drew Durnil, congratulations on 1,000,000+ subscribers!

  • @user-yc9ig1nl2h
    @user-yc9ig1nl2h 2 года назад +9



  • @immortalderp7000
    @immortalderp7000 2 года назад +2

    Finally 1 Million Soldiers,
    Drewism will expand!

  • @ogchipotle
    @ogchipotle 2 года назад +4

    Whats the link for the Wide USA map?

    • @thedoctor4637
      @thedoctor4637 2 года назад +1

      I got it!!! Look up “classroom map of wide USA” it should be under images!

    • @ogchipotle
      @ogchipotle 2 года назад +1

      @@thedoctor4637 Tnx bro

  • @cmhoppy4146
    @cmhoppy4146 9 месяцев назад +1

    8:20 that's the cadillac logo!

  • @EEEEEEEE
    @EEEEEEEE 2 года назад +6

    E

  • @gachanimestudios8348
    @gachanimestudios8348 Год назад +1

    2:00 Let's go, Alex Yeager!

  • @old_mapper
    @old_mapper 2 года назад +3

    One of The First!

  • @Iknowthismeme
    @Iknowthismeme 2 года назад +1

    3:45 imagine connecting that railway to the transiberian one.

  • @JL52.
    @JL52. 2 года назад

    2:36 almond the whole pacific ring of fire

  • @jasper_rocks8647
    @jasper_rocks8647 2 года назад +2

    these are fun to watch

  • @thunderblade9251
    @thunderblade9251 2 года назад +2

    Drew The Red in 11:15 is just Territories, They are not states yet just like how Alaska and Hawaii were just territories and not states during WW1 and WW2

  • @tim.a.k.mertens
    @tim.a.k.mertens 2 года назад

    drew your voice is very calming in this one

  • @loveyoutouhou
    @loveyoutouhou 2 года назад +2

    I’m early!
    Congratulation on 1 Million subscribers. Hope you do a special for the celebration!

  • @ABtheButterfly
    @ABtheButterfly 2 года назад +1

    4:47 Nessie "The Lochness monster" is Scottish, dude

  • @BrokenCartridge.
    @BrokenCartridge. 2 года назад +1

    5:14
    Seeing him fail to pronounce La Llorna hurt as a hispano

  • @BAZTI12
    @BAZTI12 Год назад

    5:31 as a swede i recognize a lot of that from old childhood stories and beliefs

  • @Scotlandball99
    @Scotlandball99 Год назад +2

    5:41 yay Scotland :)

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 2 года назад +1

    6:58 I like that Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah went completely untouched. These are the states I drive through the most (I live in Arizona.). Of course, with this expanded desert southwest, imagine all of the mountains, canyons, mesas, buttes, arches, pillars, spires, and sand dunes there are to explore now. Oh my gosh, my need, nay lust, to explore a desert that does not exist is growing unbearable. Thankfully, I will be going to the very real Imperial Sand Dunes next week for the ninth time.

  • @rayybeam1
    @rayybeam1 2 года назад +2

    GG ON 1MILLION

  • @hadiomidi4829
    @hadiomidi4829 2 года назад +1

    6:45 did anyone else saw Bismarck in middle of WD? (Probably west dakota)

  • @Camorian
    @Camorian 2 года назад +2

    THANKS DREW, You commented on my video! 🤯🤯

  • @greygartm4330
    @greygartm4330 2 года назад +2

    10:10
    I think Australia derived from Antarctica originally being called Terra Australis, so its name would most likely be Australis, Terra Australia or just stay as Australia

  • @Stickmancreu
    @Stickmancreu Год назад +1

    In the Faroes this monster exists 5:22 the one next to Norway and behind Iceland

    • @Stickmancreu
      @Stickmancreu Год назад

      It's a horse named the key "btw it's named the key in English *

  • @Cosmo_348
    @Cosmo_348 2 года назад +1

    6:54
    FINALLY SOMEBODY THAT MENTIONS OREGON =D
    Literally nobody know about us.....But gravity falls is set Oregon which is pretty cool 😎

  • @MYSgamingMYS
    @MYSgamingMYS Месяц назад +1

    the thing is about the first map is there are 3 people living in red

  • @Irelandball-om4yi
    @Irelandball-om4yi Год назад +1

    Yes - I can confirm I believe in every single one of these! Irish culture is hilarious sometimes 😂

  • @colejustice1383
    @colejustice1383 Год назад +1

    Wide Oklahoma panhandle be like: No one can defeat me now!

  • @errir4042
    @errir4042 2 года назад +1

    11:06 why not combine Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipa with Durango, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua to make a giant super Texas we already live here but Sonora gets added to Arizona

  • @gerardeggenburger5386
    @gerardeggenburger5386 2 года назад

    0:50 In 1890 we were an independent country not a British colony, we haen't been a colony since 1867.

  • @datogujejiani4956
    @datogujejiani4956 2 года назад +1

    congrats on getting 1 million subscribers you deserve it

  • @Yozo_official
    @Yozo_official 2 года назад +1

    I love these alt history maps !

  • @harrisonallen7001
    @harrisonallen7001 2 года назад +1

    congrats on 1 mil drew

  • @thatguytywastaken
    @thatguytywastaken 2 года назад +1

    14:04 Drew, I was disappointed when you said Tobago incorrectly here, its pronounced like To-bay-go and not To-bah-go.

  • @Autistic_pokemon_master
    @Autistic_pokemon_master 2 года назад +2

    This is awesome

  • @David_Quinn_Photography
    @David_Quinn_Photography 2 года назад +1

    can I get the source to that United North America map where Canada's provinces are states? I'd love to trigger some of my Canadian friends.

    • @thedoctor4637
      @thedoctor4637 2 года назад

      Yeah, I want to find the wide US map also, but can’t.

  • @madalheidis
    @madalheidis 2 года назад +1

    Well, if Yellowstone had erupted, as per map 1, I expect the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroads to be happy at the other transcontinental railroads' demise.