On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:14:24 -0700, sf > wrote:

> On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:15:16 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
> >James Silverton wrote:
> >> Andy wrote on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:59:11 -0500:
> >>
> >>>> Andy wrote on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:48:09 -0500:
> >>>>
> >>>>> But on any given day, there are more important people in New
> >>>>> York City than anywhere else on earth.
> >>>>
> >>>>> That includes all the cabbies and Sabrett street hot dog
> >>>>> vendors.
> >>>>
> >>>>> I suggest the "center" of the earth to be moved to "...New
> >>>>> York City???"
> >>>>
> >>>> Have you ever looked at the Chinese character for China?
> >>
> >> It's an interesting exercise to track it down. Try
> >> http://chineseculture.about.com/libr...characters.htm
> >>
> >> The rather simple character expresses the "center of the world" rather
> >> well.
> >
> >Another website defines the two characters that make up the Chinese name
> >for their country as "Central Kingdom." Derived from Qin, the original
> >Chinese kingdom and later Emperor.
>
> When you look at old maps, the area it was created in is the center of
> the world. I don't fault the concept. When I go to google maps (or
> any other type of map for that matter), I automatically make my area
> the center of the world.

So too with Mediaeval European maps such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi
where Jerusalem is the centre of the world.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...appa_Mundi.jpg


Matthew

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