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nemomarx
5 months ago
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This map is not upside down
What did maps from China look like around then? I assume they'd center their continent somehow
olalonde
5 months ago
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They still do. Took those pictures a few days ago in China:
https://gist.github.com/olalonde/d293e54c46143c3dd905da4c0eb...
kccqzy
5 months ago
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That's a Pacific-centered map not a China-centered map. You can buy these in the U.S. too; I'm sure the people of Hawaii would prefer these.
https://www.natgeomaps.com/re-world-classic-pacific-centered
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https://www.natgeomaps.com/re-world-executive-pacific-center...
xandrius
5 months ago
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The name of China in Chinese is middle/central kindgom and there are maps with different areas being at the centre, so yep.
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