-------- Original Message -------- Subject: WHERE ISRAEL DID GET WIPED OFF M Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:43:18 +0000 From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> To: mapsL <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> Is Taiwan named on this made-in-china globe? Dr Brendan Whyte Assistant Map Curator Map Section National Library of Australia Parkes ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: WHERE ISRAEL DID GET WIPED OFF MAP > Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:56:51 -0600 > From: Angie Cope > Organization: American Geographical Society Library > To: Maps-L > > Being the collectors of kitsch that we are, a staff person here at the > AGSL actually has a copy of this globe. Israel is in fact on the map. If > you look closely at the image included in the article - there is a > number 2 circled where Israel should be. > > What this article demonstrates - is that people don't know how to read a > map or globe. There is an index with about 16 places labeled - and > indexed at number two is a place by the name of Israel. > > That's actually pretty nice for a $5 globe. > > Angie > AGSL _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969