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Maps, Projections & Bias in
the Study of World History
Adapted from Ms. Patricia Cutaia
White Plains H. S. White Plains, NY
Based on the article “Innovative Ways to
Look at New World Historical
Geography.” by W. Dirk Raat.
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What’s at the
center? Does this
say anything to us
about bias? Who
writes the history?
Anybody see where
we get the term
“the Orient” from?
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/37.3/images/raat_fig01b.jpg
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The Maya Cosmos. Adopted with modifications from Linda Schele and David Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The
Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (N.Y.: William Morrow, 1990), p. 67, fig. 2:1. Drawing by Linda Schele,
courtesy Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (permissions Nov. 7, 2002).
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/37.3/images/raat_fig02b.jpg
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Who created this map? Hint it was between 1405-1435….
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Mercator ProjectionWhat does the position of
the equator say?
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http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/37.3/images/raat_fig05b.gif
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Brazil’s
perspective
Her influence
from…
Africa
Portugal
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/37.3/images/raat_fig06b.jpg
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Gall-Peter’s Projection
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Comparing Projections
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"Political" Map
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USA in global perspective
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The Myth of Continents
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Which
continent is
this?
Which
continent is
this?
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Sorry…
• They broke away from each other and
shifted away…
• Then India rammed into southern China
and to create _______________?????
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Regional World Maphttp://desip.igc.org/worldmap.html
http://desip.igc.org/worldmap.html
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So why do we do this?
• Amero and Eurocentrism
• Cultural identities
• There is no such thing as Asian,
African, American super-cultures
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