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Its interesting to imagine the effect the standard East/West world map has had on the majority of people’s understanding of the world, and where they are within it. Its borders are so much more drastic - clean separations of peoples and geographies as opposed to the global archipelago POV. Let alone the Up North Down South tendencies…
Comment by eric carlson — 6/15/2008 @ 12:53 pm
This & This
Comment by KWS — 6/15/2008 @ 9:07 pm
eric, not only the standart east/west. as well the representation. there a lot of different kind of maps giving a complete different impresson of the world. my favourite (as european) is still the map that shows country sizes in their real relation to each other.
Comment by jan — 6/16/2008 @ 6:14 am