Thanks for submitting this. This is a great essay about the history of mapping in the Western world. I especially like the comments about the "solution" Apple b

Thanks for submitting this. This is a great essay about the history of mapping in the Western world. I especially like the comments about the "solution" Apple briefly had for the territorial dispute between China and Japan regarding the island group known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyutai in China: show the islands on the map twice, with one showing attributed to the national territory of each country. Oops.