tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post7712815242819958633..comments2024-03-29T14:26:41.804+01:00Comments on Beyond the Lone Islands: Around the WorldDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-41556354099585102802015-12-01T20:14:57.663+01:002015-12-01T20:14:57.663+01:00Yes... I'd love a big globe too... sitting on ...Yes... I'd love a big globe too... sitting on a little round table in a huge spacious library kind of room... :)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-2571679141316339222015-12-01T15:49:04.343+01:002015-12-01T15:49:04.343+01:00I'm with Jenny on this one and would love a HU...I'm with Jenny on this one and would love a HUGE globe. I loved geography at school (I can still remember quite a lot about the glacial effect on Britain) and am fascinated by maps. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-30822417763268207352015-11-30T19:13:29.770+01:002015-11-30T19:13:29.770+01:00There is really no substitute for a proper globe. ...There is really no substitute for a proper globe. I wish we had room for a great big one in our house!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-80124467296184643452015-11-30T19:13:27.149+01:002015-11-30T19:13:27.149+01:00There is really no substitute for a proper globe. ...There is really no substitute for a proper globe. I wish we had room for a great big one in our house!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-44152122743526509662015-11-29T15:38:09.809+01:002015-11-29T15:38:09.809+01:00My parents had a bigger globe which I remember fro...My parents had a bigger globe which I remember from my childhood as well, but I did not keep it. It would have taken up too much space in my little flat; and too many names of countries have changed during my lifetime anyway... DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-67613772019116649772015-11-29T15:33:50.685+01:002015-11-29T15:33:50.685+01:00Well spotted about the date line, Louise. I have t...Well spotted about the date line, Louise. I have to confess I did not even know the line went zig-zag like that until the topic got discussed on Frances' blog. DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-78758483164125664762015-11-29T15:26:47.601+01:002015-11-29T15:26:47.601+01:00It gets even more confusing if one turns the globe...It gets even more confusing if one turns the globe upside down...DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-10766927379032886972015-11-29T15:19:03.110+01:002015-11-29T15:19:03.110+01:00I did not even know there was such a profession as...I did not even know there was such a profession as maps librarian! Geography was never really my favourite subject back in school but I can imagine the history of maps being quite fascinating if you start taking an interest in it... DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-23522491044006552302015-11-29T09:56:15.049+01:002015-11-29T09:56:15.049+01:00Today, I am going to write my Christmas cads, too....Today, I am going to write my Christmas cads, too. They probably won't go to as many different places as yours; most of them will be to my Yorkshire family. But there will also be ones sent to the US, to Denmark, to other places in the UK and a handful within Germany.<br /><br />My sister and I used to have a light-up globe when we were children. I wonder what became of it.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-7728423572955519302015-11-28T21:37:31.180+01:002015-11-28T21:37:31.180+01:00I live in Australia and the maps I used at school ...I live in Australia and the maps I used at school had the Pacific Ocean in the middle. Australia was easy to locate and so we learned about the relationships with other countries nearby. It was also easy to learn about early explorers and adventurers who recorded our land mass on their maps. Most came from Europe, a few from China and south east Asia. Later when we learned about the Arctic and Antarctica we had maps with those in the middle because the usual projections do not help students learn easily about those places. It is interesting to learn about the different ways people have made maps over the centuries. I was delighted to see that your money box has the international date line where the eye can catch it. Most important.MLM247https://www.blogger.com/profile/06365562372896637044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-77538236903568277082015-11-28T20:37:46.467+01:002015-11-28T20:37:46.467+01:00i never thought about the left and right thing and...i never thought about the left and right thing and the simple answer is proved by your globe, because it shows more land and not so much water. this is something to ponder since i read Terra's comment. MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-86559974839766164672015-11-28T18:38:30.028+01:002015-11-28T18:38:30.028+01:00It is also fun to see maps that put China in the c...It is also fun to see maps that put China in the center and Europe and the Americas on the edges. I am a maps librarian (retired) and enjoy the different maps and worldviews.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com