It's just out of curiosity, though. I have an old Italian globe that my grandma's friend accidentally left at my house, a week before he died. It looks like a regular globe and has all the right continents ( which are the only things in English). Except there's a continent that connects North America and Asia. I went on to translating sites and searched the web, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone have any suggestions or know anything about it?
2007-02-11 13:36:54 · 2 answers · asked by Emily 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Oh yeah, and it's called Tartaria.
2007-02-11 13:37:49 · update #1
It has everything a normal globe has, because I compared it to another small globe.
2007-02-11 14:00:16 · update #2
my best guess is it's some form of representation of the bearing strait (i forget the propper spelling on the strait's name) which freezes over during winter solidly enough to (supposedly) be walked across. whether or not this is still so effectively true with 'global warming' is up for debate and i'm not exactly sure how possible it is myself but like i said it COULD be a drawing of the ice shelf between alaska and northern asia.
just my best guess. hope it helps
2007-02-11 13:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by Ian F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the globe is really old it might just be incomplete...another option, and I think more likely, would be that of a land bridge that connected Asia and North America. This has not existed for many, many years, but has been known to exist for a while.
2007-02-11 13:48:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋