Three Controversial Maps

Mental Floss’s three controversial maps will be familiar to regular readers of The Map Room: Percy’s 38-state map of the U.S. (Rob even draws a new version of Pearcy’s map), the Mercator projection (in the context of the Peters projection movement), and the Chinese map purportedly proving the Menzies theory. Via Infonaut.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Categories: Hoaxes & Controversies, Map Projections, Miscellany

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It’s quite an honor to have my article on The Map Room! I’ve been a lurker here for months, but had to sign-up just to say I appreciate the link.

[TypeKey Profile Page] SpaceMonkeyX | 08/19/2008 at 1:01 PM | #

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