{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"GeoCurrents","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info","author_name":"Martin W. Lewis","author_url":"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/blog\/author\/martin-lewis\/","title":"Invert Your Globe Occasionally; Sometimes Use a World Map with South at the Top - GeoCurrents","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iEe3tKR4Ju\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/blog\/2025\/10\/18\/invert-your-globe-occasionally-sometimes-use-a-world-map-with-south-at-the-top\/\">Invert Your Globe Occasionally; Sometimes Use a World Map with South at the Top<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/blog\/2025\/10\/18\/invert-your-globe-occasionally-sometimes-use-a-world-map-with-south-at-the-top\/embed\/#?secret=iEe3tKR4Ju\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Invert Your Globe Occasionally; Sometimes Use a World Map with South at the Top&#8221; &#8212; GeoCurrents\" data-secret=\"iEe3tKR4Ju\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Invert-Your-Globe.jpg","thumbnail_width":2538,"thumbnail_height":1442,"description":"Early geography lessons should try to break some misleading habits of thought about the world and its orientation. Principal among these is the idea that north is \u201cup\u201d and south is \u201cdown,\u201d and that as a result the North Pole is somehow \u201cabove\u201d the South Pole. Such notions are understandable, as almost all world maps [&hellip;]"}