David Fraser wrote:

> My first challenge was working out what the map REALLY looked like,
> and why it's shape confused Louis - which I did (I have the graphic,
> and the reasoning behind it, somewhere at home.)

This was discussed on the larryniven-l list, and for once a consensus
was achieved! We believe the Map of Earth looks something like this:

http://tinyurl.com/ynueyw

And yah, the idea that one could judge continental drift on a map so
distorted seems pretty silly.

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Lensman