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[gfish]

Who else gets slightly annoyed when people don't use the correct map-relative direction (up->north, down->south, over->east/west) when talking about large-scale geography? From Seattle I can head up to Vancouver, down to Portland, or over to Spokane. Period.

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I got a huge book of historic maps for Christmas. One of the many things I found interesting was the presumption that east was up on most maps until the 17th century, based upon a tradition of drawing Paradise at the top, Eden right below it, Jerusalem in the center, and the Mediterranean heading downwards from Jerusalem.