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Subject:	One More Cartifact <fwd>
From:	Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Brian Bach <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:02:25 -0400
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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:29:17 -0700
From: Brian Bach <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: One More Cartifact
Sender: Brian Bach <[log in to unmask]>

To me the most hilarious map I've yet seen is the NatLamp Map of the World, issued as a supplement to a National Lampoon compendium from the 1970s. The base map is a typical Rand McNally Mercator (that nefarious projection!) political coverage with no other features. The crew at NatLamp then peppered the globe with their own drolleries: 'Ross Ice Tray' in Antarctica, 'Dimming' in the UK, 'Lottapoor' in India, 'Dacron' in Ohio, etc. etc.
Every stereotype is blatantly displayed, and in the process, mocked.
Definitely politically incorrect, a tad disgusting in places, but as a whole, irresistibly funny.

- Brian

Brian P. Bach
Maps Specialist
Documents/Maps
Central Washington University Library
400 E. 8th Ave.
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548
USA
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