Orientation
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Why do we draw maps with the north pole at the top and the south at the bottom? It all comes down to the dominance of the Europeans, according to the upside down map page. Prior to that they used to have east at the top, which is where we get the word orientation (as in Orient - east). Apart from this info, the site has some fantastic pictures of correctly drawn maps, which have south at the top and Europe at the bottom. Very strange.
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Brussels on November 28th, 2005
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Innsbruck Mountains on September 16th, 2005
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January 12th, 2003 at 7:04 pm
Did you notice that most of those maps seem to be made in Australia? I wonder if they’re getting annoyed of being ‘below’ everyone else?