Evolution And History

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Japanese Map

Not all maps place Europe at the center of the world, as this

Japanese map illustrates. Besides reflecting the importance

the Japanese attach to themselves in the world, this map

has the virtue of showing the geographic proximity of North

America to Asia, a fact easily overlooked when maps place

Europe at their center.

AN

PAPUANEW

GUINEA

ICELAND

IRELAND

UNITEDKINGDOM

NORWAY

SWEDEN

GREENLAND

DENMARK

NETHERLANDS

BELGIUM

PORTUGAL SPAIN

ITAL

Y

SWITZERLAND

GERMANY

POLAND

CZECHOSLOVAKIAAUSTRIA

MACEDONIA

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

TURKEY

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

UKRAINE

GEORGIA

ARMENIA

AZERBAIJAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KIRGHIZSTAN

RUSSIA

TAJIKISTAN

ISRAEL IRAQ

JORDAN

SAUDIARABIA

KUWAIT

IRAN

BAHRAIN

UNITEDARAB

EMIRATES

Q ATA R

PAKISTAN

INDIA

NEPALBHUTAN

PEOPLE’S REPUBLICOF CHINA

MONGOLIA

BANGLA-DESH

MYANMAR

THAILAND

VIETNAMLAOS

CAMBODIA

TAIWAN

MALAYSIA

BRUNEI

PHILIPPINES

NORTHKOREA

JAPAN

SOUTHKOREA

SINGAPORE

SRI LANKA PAPUA

NEWGUINEA

AUSTRALIA

TUNISIA

ALGERIA

MOROCCO

LIBYA EGYPT

SUDAN

SENEGALGAMBIA MALI NIGER CHAD

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUINEA

SIERRA LEONE

LIBERIA

IVORY COAST

GHANA

BURKINA FASO

TOGO

BENIN

NIGERIA

CAMEROON

EQUATORIALGUINEA

GABON

CENTRALAFRICAN

REPUBLICETHIOPIA DJIBOUTI

DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF UGANDA

CONGO

RWANDA

BURUNDI

ANGOLA

ZIMBABWE

ZAMBIA

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

BOTSWANA MOZAMBIQUE

SOUTHAFRICA LESOTHOSWAZILAND

SLOVENIA

CROATIA

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

GREECE

MONTENEGROALBANIA

LEBANON

SERBIA

SYRIA

MOLDOVA

HUNGARY

BELARUS

FRANCE

MAURITANIA

WESTERNSAHARA

NAMIBIA

CONGO

TANZANIA

KENYA

OMAN

YEMEN

SOMALIA

UZBEKISTAN

INDONESIA

TURKMENISTAN

AFGHAN-ISTAN

ANTARCTICA

FINLAND

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