Primary Source
Mercator Projection, Eurasia Centered
Annotation
The map is a Mercator projection that has been altered. Instead of placing North America in the center, the Eurasian land mass is in the middle. This map of the world suggests some of the ways the choices made by mapmakers have a significant impact on our understanding of the world.
This source is a part of the Analyzing Maps methods module.
Credits
Grateful Acknowledgement is made to the following institutions and individuals for permission to publish material from their collections:
Rand McNally Map - Used with permission © RMcN, www.randmcnally.com R.L. S-2003