Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Cool Article About Globes

I've spent the last couple of days working on putting together our history lessons for the year. With my brain filled with the Silk Road and African Kingdoms and all the many ways our world has changed in the last 10 centuries, I found this article in the New York Times especially interesting:

In Italy, Creating Worlds Takes Precision, Yes, and Politics
Published: August 15, 2007
For Italy’s only remaining globe maker, disputes over geography are commonplace and a lesson in diplomatic relations.


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