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The whole issue of "south at the top" has previously appeared on Maphist
(http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/pipermail/maphist/2002-April/000449.html), in
that case referencing English manuscript maps from 1150-1500.
Joel Kovarsky
On 5/24/2011 10:29 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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Good point, thanks. And of course that explains why for some there is
a slight halt when we hear that "Upper" Egypt is in the South.
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[email protected] writes:
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Unless water runs uphill one would expect all early Egyptian maps
to have south to the top of the map as a natural consequence of
the Nile's flow. Recent research has shown that the
average American thinks it is much easier to travel south since it
is downhill on all of our maps. Francis' point was, as we all
know, journalists are generally ill-equipped to comment on early
cartography, no matter what their nationality.
Bill
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You remind me of a long-filed-away question:
Years back I read the Ancient Egyptians used maps with South at
top. This may have been based on the famed Turin Map Papyrus,
but it would seem strange to assert or accept a generalization
based on one sample. Anyone know of more on this topic?
David Suter
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In a message dated 5/23/2011 4:30:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
As some will know, or remember, the Fra Mauro manuscript was
drawn with _south_ at top; and, as such, this is how it ought
to have been reproduced. If only to test the interpretative
skills of the 'average' reader; or even to dramatically put
across the message that not all western European maps were
north-oriented. An opportunity lost to leisurely and
graphically educate some readers (and potential converts to
collecting
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