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I learned more than I expected about maps. So so you think it was a style decision in the late 1800's to make a map with the top facing east? Or was it still co
by csours 7y ago
I learned more than I expected about maps. So so you think it was a style decision in the late 1800's to make a map with the top facing east? Or was it still common?
- samatman 7y agoNorth was pretty standard by the 1800s, or indeed by the 1600s. But there's a map in the public library of my hometown, showing it in 1890, in which the Old West Side is at the top of the map. So I'd guess that non-standard orientations were more common than they are now.