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We've been doing maps all wrong the whole time, no one knew

Arabs made their maps with Africa at the top and Europe on t...
Jared Baumeister
  02/24/26
POP QUIZ: where would you have to be standing in order for t...
Jared Baumeister
  02/24/26
was it a place the Arab who made that map would feel at hom...
Jared Baumeister
  02/24/26
What's at the center of that map?
Jared Baumeister
  02/24/26
*begins blinking maps ITT in morse code* tp
frutiger aero
  02/25/26


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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:22 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

Arabs made their maps with Africa at the top and Europe on the bottom. Shit makes a lot more sense if you're trying to actually navigate to important places

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Rogeriana

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Date: February 24th, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

POP QUIZ: where would you have to be standing in order for the earth to look like this? Was it a place known to explorers in the 12th century?

https://i.imgur.com/4ufdbhe.jpeg

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Date: February 24th, 2026 11:05 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

was it a place the Arab who made that map would feel at home?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838144&forum_id=2:#49693444)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 11:07 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

What's at the center of that map?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838144&forum_id=2:#49693447)



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Date: February 25th, 2026 12:14 AM
Author: frutiger aero

*begins blinking maps ITT in morse code* tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838144&forum_id=2:#49693633)