Everyone remembers the globe in the first real classroom we entered as children. The blue and white plastic globe brimming with information and importance signaled that we were in a serious place. At some point after twirling it and seeing where we lived we all found our place at the back of the room and it just faded into the background. The globe stood as well as for seriousness a stable view of where we all stood. I grew up in the UK and although we were a small island we were perched high up in the northern hemisphere in a commanding position to as the anthem goes “rule” the waves. It was all so natural that despite lack of size we had our place—confirmed by the fact that the world told its time according to the Greenwich meridan. Roll the calendar forward a few decades and we now in the 21st century have very different ways of looking at the world. I was reminded of this fact by taking look at an excellent website—WorldMapper—
Our Changing Globe
Our Changing Globe
Our Changing Globe
Everyone remembers the globe in the first real classroom we entered as children. The blue and white plastic globe brimming with information and importance signaled that we were in a serious place. At some point after twirling it and seeing where we lived we all found our place at the back of the room and it just faded into the background. The globe stood as well as for seriousness a stable view of where we all stood. I grew up in the UK and although we were a small island we were perched high up in the northern hemisphere in a commanding position to as the anthem goes “rule” the waves. It was all so natural that despite lack of size we had our place—confirmed by the fact that the world told its time according to the Greenwich meridan. Roll the calendar forward a few decades and we now in the 21st century have very different ways of looking at the world. I was reminded of this fact by taking look at an excellent website—WorldMapper—