painshill Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Just in case you were wondering where you were on the map about 300 million years ago: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2334270/Driving-Maine-Morocco-Map-supercontinent-Pangaea-political-boundaries-shows-America-nestled-North-Africa.html Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Thanks for this, Painshill. Very interesting, indeed. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 It's a little bit misleading to those who don't know that parts of the west coast either didn't exist yet or were still adrift out in the ocean or alongside the North America and yet to be welded onto the continent... and I don't think Iceland existed yet but they've got it wedged in there! But a fun map nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 The modern coasts and borders are only there to orient the viewer and provide relevance; for that purpose, I rather like the treatment. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painshill Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Yes... I'm sure the originator (someone called Massimo Pietrobon) didn't intend it to be taken too literally, but it does help people get their minds round the principles of continental drift. Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 I like it. Thanks painshill! For those that are new, it certainly helps put things in perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The modern coasts and borders are only there to orient the viewer and provide relevance; for that purpose, I rather like the treatment. Perhaps, but if the point was to show where you were on the map 300mya then it's a little misleading - here on the Island we would not have been in that spot! My theory based on so many other things I've seen online is it would take too much work altering the map to show all those details so people don't bother. Tibet for one is shown in its proper place, nowhere near China, so China's current borders are not shown for viewer orientation - and look at Pakistan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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