The author Vincent Virga was featured during a segment of NPR's "Talk of the Nation" today, Wed., Dec. 12, talking about his new book, "Cartographia." Here is the link to the show, where you can listen to the program and view some of the maps from his book.
He made several interesting points, one of which really struck me. He said mapmaking is about power -- those in power get to make the maps. Why else, he said, would Europe -- a peninsula smaller than India -- be a whole continent, while India is not? Food for thought!
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