Strange Maps

December 18, 2006

53 - Ever been gerrymandered?

The painter Gilbert Stuart was inspired by the awkward shape of an electoral district on a map he saw in a newpaper editor’s office. He decorated the snake-shaped district with a head, a set of wings and claws, making it out to be some kind of antediluvian monster.
“That will do for a salamander,” he said to the editor.
Gerrymander!”, replied he to Stuart. (more…)

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