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Regarding theological issues, there might be some added information here:
Sacred Directions, Orientation, and the Top of the Map
B. L. Gordon
_History of Religions_
Vol. 10, No. 3 (Feb., 1971), pp. 211-227
Published by: The University of Chicago Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1062011
Joel Kovarsky
On 5/24/2011 11:35 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Interesting link - the low % to the east in the first period intrigues
me, I thought the dominance of the Christian religion, with Jerusalem
to the 'east', would mean more Mediaeval maps with east at the top.
Has anyone explored the sociological reasons for the shift to the
north by 1600 - perhaps no coincidence that this was the time of the
Reformation, the break between England and Rome. Of course north then
put Europe on top - although if confident English adventurers
/colonisers wanted their country on top, west at top might have been a
good choice.
Dr Hillary Shaw
School of Business, Management and Marketing
Harper Adams University College
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 8NB
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