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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 21:53:36 -0700
From: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Peter Jennings' drop cloth
Sender: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>



Hi, Brian -

He's done this sort of thing before and a number of comments about the earlier presentation were that, "For the first time, we know where all those places are", even if the map is somehow distorted, warped, or otherwise not cartographically correct.  It also says something about the state of geographic knowledge in the US.

I think the sad thing is that this sort of thing is even necessary.  At least most of the people I know already have more than a clue about where most of the countries/regions were before his program aired.  I think it was something about my having a bunch of atlases in a bookcase visible through my screen door!  ;-)

Yesterday I printed off a map on my big printer and put it in the window of my place so that it's visible whenever somebody goes down the stairs.  It's amazing how many people have stopped to look at it while I've been grading papers today.  ;-)

Have a good weekend.

vh
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