!=, July 10th, 2008:

The Map is almost the terrain

For now, enjoy the first world map with constant-scale natural boundary”:

Chuck Clark writes:

The art historian Erwin Panofsky, in his book Albrecht Durer, called this “prototopology,” which means merely that the map, when properly folded, resembles the object.

(Strange Maps)

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