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11th August 2000

The Web’s Unelected Government

“Its meetings are closed to outsiders. Its mandate has brought it into controversial policy-making. Its decisions reflect one man’s vision. Meet the World Wide Web Consortium.”

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11th August 2000

Map History/History of Cartography

“‘Map history,’ more formally the ‘history of cartography,’ is now an established academic discipline. Its concern is with non-current maps produced in, or of, any part of the world. …Indeed, it is hard to think of any aspect of history for which maps are wholly irrelevant.”

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