Re: Cartography a la 'Swedish' Norse.

From: Steve Marcus (smarcus_spamout__at_cox.net)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:29:55 -0400

"Philip Deitiker" <Donevenask@worlnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:IGzDc.146801$Gx4.122156@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Enjoying this Sunday morning folly in Inger Cartography, it
> seems that we can create some rules here which explain all of
> Ingers map interpretations.
>
>
> Rule #1. Every error in maps before 1493 are not errors but
> mismapped lands the vikings(Norse) discovered. Even obvious
> errors and liberties in mapdrawing were somehow inspired by the
> vikings/norse (similar in fact to the entire being enscriped by
> the hand of god, if you can believe the second then the first
> shouldn't be to hard).
>
> Rule #2. After 1493, errors or exaggerations, simply
> unidentified lumps of land cartographers guestimated at, and
> despite the obvious lack of knowledge beyond certain points on
> the earth . . .none of these are errors but key ingrediants the
> viking/Norse fed the cartographers.
>
> Rule #3. Hoaxes and Forgeries are never hoaxes or forgeries.
>
> Rule #4. Lands described generations later in lore, never
> formally mapped or described in nautical lingo (distances, days,
> correct direction), can be ascribed to any error on any map. If
> New foundland does not fit the bill, then, of course, south
> america or anartica might, what the hell, australia, Hawaii,
> alaska. Any of these can be western greenland, or markland or
> vinland. SouthAmerica is green, lets just call the head waters
> to the amazon greenland. Not mentioning the fact that the first
> spanish explorers lost most of their men to disease and
> starvation trying to explore it.
>
> Rule #5. In order to make 1 and 4 work, rule #5 allows us to
> move any cartographic defect any distance to make if fit lore.
> For example Bioko and San Tome can be move 2000 miles to make it
> fit as South America, the Canary Islands or Azores can be move
> likewise to fit as the carribean. Scandinavia can be moved to
> make greenland and Canada. Indonesia can be moved 6000 miles
> across endless uncharted ocean to form south america. Japan
> moved 2000 miles to become Alaska.
>
> Rule #6. When even these 5 rules cannot somehow make our
> favorite theory work, we accept the work of Self-proclaimed
> cartographic and historical experts (Particularly those whose
> highest credential is an undergraduate college essay) as being
> superior to the interpretation of ranked feild professionals on
> these matters. What really helps this process is if the 'expert'
> is Swedish of the best breeding. Auxilliary to rule #5, the more
> the expert refuses to post or disclose the parcel of the map in
> question, the more we except his/HER conclusion.
>
> Rule #7. If even still #6 does not work in fixating a location
> for the vinland civilization, one can then add one last Swedish
> ingrediant, Smirnoff, to the process and everything will finally
> make sense (or at least on can sleep on the matter and in the
> morning, with good/bad diversions, one should hardly care).
>

And, nevertheless, you and others keep enabling her by replying to her crap.
> --
> Philip

Steve 

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