Re: Joe H: The trouble with science


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On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:33:06 -0000, in uk.politics.misc, in thread Re:
Joe H: The trouble with science, "DVH" <dvh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, wrote


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"The Tabula Peutingeriana is one of the Austrian National Library's
greatest
treasures.

The parchment scroll, made in the Middle Ages, is the only surviving copy
of
a road map from the late Roman Empire.

At first sight, it looks very unlike a modern map.

Both the landmass and the seas have been stretched and flattened. The
Mediterranean has been reduced to a thin strip of water, more like a river
than a sea.

Instead of being oriented from north to south, the map, which is only 34
centimetres wide, works from west to east. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7113810.stm


"The red lines are the main roads. Every so often there is a little hook
along the red lines which represents a rest stop - and the distance
between hooks was one day's travel."

You know, just last summer I was cleaning the basement and threw away a
parchment just like that........


Never throw away sekrit maps. Who knows where they may lead?


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