04/19/08
Samoan legend says that the world was created around Samoa. The isolation of being in the middle of the ocean, lack of news, and the relaxed atmosphere helps to reinforce the legend.
As a student looking at the map of the world in a U.S. classroom, I always thought the United States was the center of the world. Samoa, always tough to find on geography quizzes, was located as a dot on the very edge of the map.
When you get a Pacific Centered world map, you have a better perspective. Even if the map is biased to making the Northern Hemisphere larger than the Southern, Samoa, albeit still a dot, is at the center of the world and the Pacific Ocean is a big ocean indeed. It certainly is the center of my world.
Samoan legend says that the world was created around Samoa. The isolation of being in the middle of the ocean, lack of news, and the relaxed atmosphere helps to reinforce the legend.As a student looking at the map of the world in a U.S. classroom, I always thought the United States was the center of the world. Samoa, always tough to find on geography quizzes, was located as a dot on the very edge of the map.
When you get a Pacific Centered world map, you have a better perspective. Even if the map is biased to making the Northern Hemisphere larger than the Southern, Samoa, albeit still a dot, is at the center of the world and the Pacific Ocean is a big ocean indeed. It certainly is the center of my world.
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