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Dr Surekha Davies
Dr Surekha Davies
@surekhadavies@hcommons.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

My op-ed in the Los Angeles Times today, connecting a Renaissance map to the category of "America" in the present!

#history #cartography #politics

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-02-17/american-identity-bad-bunny-super-bowl-amerigo-vespucci

Los Angeles Times

Contributor: What 'America' meant before 1776, and who 'Americans' are today

The label is often wielded now to exclude brown people, but these two continents have been a melting pot since long before the U.S. was founded.
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GhostOnTheHalfShell
GhostOnTheHalfShell
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@surekhadavies

You know, looking at that map it bears a striking resemblance to middle earth in the first age. I don’t doubt talking and saw plenty of these kinds of maps.

http://arda-maps.org/ages/first

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