LordOfTheFish Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 A 400 year old map has China at the center of the earth. clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan7 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 A 400 year old map has China at the center of the earth. clicky That's not that strange that China is in the middle, most maps made in a continent will place that continent in the centre. So for example, European and African maps, have Europe and Africa in the centre. American and Canadian maps will have them at the centre, Indian maps will have India at the centre.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Naïve ancestors everyone knows Texas IS the center of the universe. The sun even rotates around the earth because of Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 A 400 year old map has China at the center of the earth. ...I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The sun even rotates around the earth because of Texas. Only because it'd get the death penalty if it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Darasuum Mandalor Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 That is awsome. History is my favorite thing in the whole world! Even more so than SW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 A very fascinating map. If only it were allowed to go on display in Britain. That's not that strange that China is in the middle, most maps made in a continent will place that continent in the centre. So for example, European and African maps, have Europe and Africa in the centre. American and Canadian maps will have them at the centre, Indian maps will have India at the centre.... That's very true, and even today, most people will focus on 'their' part of the world, because it is the centre of their world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Naïve ancestors everyone knows Texas IS the center of the universe. The sun even rotates around the earth because of Texas. Bush could bring your message with a serious tone and sincerely believe it World obesity map is much cooler! /randomness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Chinese for China is 中国. 中=middle, 国=kingdom/country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Bush could bring your message with a serious tone and sincerely believe it Being that he is not even a Texan, not bad for a Yankee carpetbagger from Connecticut to know my statement as fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Chinese for China is 中国. 中=middle, 国=kingdom/country Dammit, Jmac, Chinese is my department. But even still, you're right. The Chinese name for China translates as "Center/Middle Kingdom" (zhongguo, phonetically). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Naïve ancestors everyone knows Texas IS the center of the universe. The sun even rotates around the earth because of Texas. You, sir, are horribly misinformed! Everyone knows it's Florida that is the sunshine state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Reiper Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Naïve ancestors everyone knows Texas IS the center of the universe. The sun even rotates around the earth because of Texas. That's right. GO TEXAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 The sun even rotates around the earth because of Texas. Only because it'd get the death penalty if it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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