Stragne Maps

[wheelinround]

The Daily Mail is one of the UK’s more euroskeptic newspapers, so it must have been with much delight that they were able to present this map to their readers on September 4th, 2006. For it falls straight into the category of the “what the heck are those loony Eurocrats in Brussels cooking up now” category of stories. The Daily Mail wastes no efforts to underline this angle:

It is a large page but loads quick on broadband
Our American freinds should get a laugh or two, make sure you check out Australia down 2/3rds

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

[joe greiner]

Bizarre. Thanks for the link.

Joe

[pawnhead]

From the article:

Yes, you’ve noticed that word jumping out of the text: not European, but German mapmakers. No wonder cartography rhymes with Kartoffelbraten. Sneaky Gerry bastards!

That's not the only thing that they're being sneaky about.

Our American freinds should get a laugh or two, make sure you check out Australia down 2/3rds

Well the seppos have got their own idea of a world map.

Everyone knows that Australia being 'down under' is just a myth, especially after that time we got drunk.

[Sebastiaan56]

From the article:
That's not the only thing that they're being sneaky about. Well the seppos have got their own idea of a world map.

Everyone knows that Australia being 'down under' is just a myth, especially after that time we got drunk.

Absolute classics John,

Sebastiaan

[Wongo]

I like the China’s 1418 World Map. See we discovered the whole world.