First "modern" map of Beirut 1876. Comm. by Sultan Abdel Hamid II, drawn by vice-consul of Denmark. It's upside down
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why upside down? Did the Sultan wanted it to be straight while his soldiers explained it ?
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Maybe it's the artist. He was Danish!
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Just that Scandinavians can be weird.
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ya true. Even natural facts like sun rise and setting as we ( guys on and around-equator )understand are strange.
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