The One True North :)

To loyal readers of this "wonderful" blog, the notion yours truly loves maps is an understatement, particularly regarding antique ones, brimming with elegant artistry and, at times, whimsical takes on a world largely unknown back in the golden age of map making from the 14th to 17th century. With this in mind, the one constant in the creation of these pieces was the fact North tended to reside on top of the map, a notion totally arbitrary when one looks at how reality works from the physics perspective, which means, the wonderful McArthur's Universal Corrective Map of the World is just as correct as the ones we're so familiar with, because, as stated before, there is no one true north save those created by biased mapmakers beginning in the 1300s, as explained in a terrific article from Aljazeera titled How the north ended up on top of the map.

Why do maps always show the north as up? For those who don’t just take it for granted, the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top. But there’s really no good reason for the north to claim top-notch cartographic real estate over any other bearing, as an examination of old maps from different places and periods can confirm.

Read on as learning about maps is akin to following the white rabbit into Wonderland. :)