Many thanks -- enjoyed this, as I do all your posts there is always much to ponder. This, of course, is the perfect map:
"He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand.
“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?” So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply “They are merely conventional signs!
“Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes! But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank: (So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the best— A perfect and absolute blank!”
Lewis Carroll 'Hunting of the Snark" -- map at: http://bigthink.com/ideas/21143
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Many thanks -- enjoyed this, as I do all your posts there is always much to ponder. This, of course, is the perfect map:
"He had bought a large map representing the sea,
Without the least vestige of land:
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
A map they could all understand.
“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,
Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”
So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
“They are merely conventional signs!
“Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:
(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the best—
A perfect and absolute blank!”
Lewis Carroll 'Hunting of the Snark" -- map at:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/21143
There's a lot hidden in a blank page.
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