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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:28:21 +1000
From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: One More Cartifact
Sender: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>



The NatLamp Map reminds me of a slightly more recent "Tory Atlas of the
World: The world : political", the centrespread of the paperback tie-in to
the Spitting Image rubber-puppet TV series in the UK.

Again, a hilarious if un-PC collection of placenames, and a lampoon of the
old maps of the world which showed half of it that lovely red colour :-).
This map is particularly interesting as it came out c.1982, so the Falklands
are shown very large with "main airline routes" being flights from London
and Gibraltar to Port Stanley via Ascension Is, and what look suspiciously
like bombing flight paths over Argentina.
"Chez Reagan" is located a tad SW of New York too.

The key lists the different colours used:
"British territory
Used to be British territory
ought to be British territory
Ought to be below sea level
EEC (under British administration)
French territory and they're welcome to it.
Territory Geoffrey Howe's given away
Main airline routes
Sea (British)
Equator (British)
British embassies
Time zones. Not worth bothering about really. If the silly Dervishes in
Wogga Wogga want to take lunch at 4:30 in the morning, well it's up to
them."


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