Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Maps and History



The Paradox Of Cartography: if a map is to be useful, then it must of necessity be imperfect


History is inherently biased because it dependent on the historian who records it. "It is impossible for that person to include everything, just as it is ineffective for a cartographer to include every detail of the place he is trying to map."

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