One of the educational benefits of following Miss Watson and Miss Sunderland [links are to the right] on their globe trotting adventures is the opportunity to learn just a little more geography. For example, there are thousands of islands scattered around the southern hemisphere. Some of them I had heard of. Others I had not.
Today's lesson in geography comes via Miss Watson. Her interactive map of her voyage includes a feature that uses the Google Earth plug-in to render way points [certainly not weight points] of her trip. I flipped the globe so that I was looking at Antarctica. My objective was to see as much of her trip at one time as possible.
Instead I learned a thing or two about the relative location of Australia, South America, and Africa. I had thought that Australia and South America were closer together. I also used to think that Africa and Australia were a bit further apart.
Needless to say, I don't believe those things any more. [then why'd you say it? -ed]
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