alright let's get a constitutional crisis up in this bitch
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Did you know that before a few centuries ago. The world really was depicted upside down? As in Europe would considered south, and Australia would be considered north?
Quote from: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 05:05:43 PMDid you know that before a few centuries ago. The world really was depicted upside down? As in Europe would considered south, and Australia would be considered north?ummm no
What we call north and south are conventions. These conventions were built upon the belief that the world is symmetrical and that the universe is symmetrical.In 1265, Peter Peregrinus noted that one pole of a magnet suspended in water pointed to the pole star. Ancient Chinese discovered this more than a thousand years earlier, with the south-pointing spoon — the original magnetic compass invented for feng shui. The handle pointed south, the ladle pointed north, and (like earlier feng shui devices) the device aligned with the stars of Beidou (the Dipper or Ladle) to align with the pole star. When premodern Europeans obtained the compass, they emphasized the end of the compass needle that they believed pointed to the north pole star, calling it the “north seeking pole,” which was eventually shortened to “north pole.”
btw, sorry for dp, I still am not used to this "no editing" thing yet.
Why is there so much more land north of the equator than south of it, by the way?
So is this what maps look like in Australia?
