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Although lines of longitude may be imaginary, they are very important to navigators; [[Lewis Carroll]] joked about this in his long nonsense poem [[The Hunting of the Snark]]:

Although lines of longitude may be imaginary, they are very important to navigators; [[Lewis Carroll]] joked about this in his long nonsense poem [[The Hunting of the Snark]]:

:"What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators,<br>

:"What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators,

:Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?"<br>

:Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?"

:So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply,

:So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply,

:"They are merely conventional signs!<br>

:"They are merely conventional signs!

Accordingly, the Snark uses a map which is "a perfect and absolute blank."

Accordingly, the Snark uses a map which is "a perfect and absolute blank."

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[[Category:Navigation]][[Category:geography]]

[[Category:Navigation]][[Category:Geography]]