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03-12-2010, 11:26 PM | #1 | |
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Mar 13, 2010: Inuit Map
Inuit Wood Map, to be more precise, from Kalaallit Nunaat... that's Greenland to most of us.
Not exactly a AAA TripTik, and a far cry from Google maps, although still a cut above MapQuest. It doesn't look very detailed, does it, well, there's a reason for that... Quote:
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03-13-2010, 05:42 AM | #2 |
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Heep good cook fire...
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03-13-2010, 07:19 AM | #3 |
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Little Pete just juxtapositioned this with the doofus who blew up his hand in the weapons thread. "Humans can be smart too... of course they lived a long time ago..."
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03-13-2010, 08:21 AM | #4 |
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"It's no wonder we're lost, dear. You're holding the map upside down in your mitten!"
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03-13-2010, 08:36 AM | #5 |
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Bah, real Inuits don't ask for no stinkin' directions.
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03-13-2010, 09:55 AM | #6 |
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I'd love to see a comparison of this set against a modern map of the same coastline.
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03-13-2010, 11:27 AM | #7 |
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Don't forget, none of these people saw more of Greenland at once, than they could see from a tall hill, and probably most never saw all of the coast in their lifetimes.
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03-13-2010, 12:28 PM | #8 |
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Sure, but the same can be said of the maps from Columbus's time, and they are cool to look at and compare with modern maps.
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03-13-2010, 03:11 PM | #9 |
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I think it is one of these two coastlines, and I suspect there is a flexible resolution and scale to the carved map, and it must be a custom made map that might exclude certain features or landmarks that may be obvious to the maker.
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03-13-2010, 04:39 PM | #10 |
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That's right. The males know the way; the females rely on women's Inuition.
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03-13-2010, 06:24 PM | #11 |
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Despite being halfway around the world, Zen, you are still able to deliver punishing blows.
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03-15-2010, 01:03 PM | #12 |
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03-17-2010, 12:52 PM | #13 |
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I was browsing through old Popular Science magazines online and came across something similar from 1933.
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