Upside down maps. Options

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http://www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/

Now that's highly interesting. My geography teacher showed us these maps at the beginning of the year, and I managed to stumble across them on the internet again this time.

It's fascinating how maps shape our perception of the world and how different they look depending on which part of the world you're in. That so-called "upside down" map would actually be the norm in an Australian classroom.

Do maps made from a North American or European perspective create a Western-centric perspective of the world? How does one's perspective of the world change when seeing different maps?