Lying with Maps!

Old timey people put a lot of stock in maps, but they didn't always get things exactly right. They joined Tasmania to mainland Australia, got Africa in the wrong place, and moved Siberia a long way to the east. But was this by accident? Or design?Will tells Rod the story of lying with maps!The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!SourcesBar News: Review of Lying for the Admiralty by Margaret Cameron-Ash, by Caroline DobraszczykThe Globe (84) Captain Cook Invented Point Hicks to Hide Bass Strait by Margaret Cameron-AshThe Globe (87) Cook conspiracy at point hicks? By Trevor LipscombeThe Globe (87) Where’s my embassy comrade? An examination of the 1981 Soviet Military City Plan of Canberra, by Brendan Whyte. Lying for the Admiralty by Margaret Cameron-AshSignals 125: James Cook’s false trail by Nigel Erskine.Gyula Pápay POLITICS AND CARTOGRAPHY in State Security and Mapping in the GDR Map Falsification as a Consequence of Excessive Secrecy?Imago Mundi: Silences and Secrecy: The Hidden Agenda of Cartography in Early Modern Europe by J. B. HarleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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