The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography.(Book Review) From: Science News | Date: September 27, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

JOHN RENNIE SHORT

In theory, mapmaking is a no-nonsense profession. However, as Short tells it, political, economic, religious, and geographic biases of cartographers have influenced maps for millennia. In 1979, McArthur's Universal Corrective Map of the World put Australia on the top half. This may seem wacky, but Short points out that the Southern Hemisphere doesn't necessarily belong on the bottom. Nor is there a cosmic mandate that the prime meri...

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