The pinpoint on the globe indicates a large mass of land exists between South America and Antarctica. However, no such landmass exists. I propose explorers sailing in the South Pacific Ocean perceived the Golfo de Penas, the largest opening to the South Pacific Ocean, as a waterway between two large landmasses. However, modern maps illustrate that the waterway is only about 100 kilometers deep. If explorers did not venture into the Golfo de Penas, then they would most likely have draw the globe as it appears today. That remains a mystery." R.J. Kern, cartographer
Spin 7: Bilohirs'k, Crimea, Ukraine
"Because this area was well represented on a modern map, it was not difficult to locate. Crimea, a city-state of Ukraine,
appears as a peninsular feature in the 'Pontg Evxing' body of water, known today as the Black Sea. Thus, Bilohirs'k was chosen, as it lies in south central Crimea."
"As a sidenote, Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world. His expedition visited locations #2, #4, #6. Magellan died in the Philippines, location #3." - R.J. Kern, cartographer
Ironically, this project fell victim to the very issues it was meant to address. Though the whole point of Spin The Globe had been "what happens when you relinquish control to chance and set out on an adventure with no clear idea of what it is about," by the time R.J. sent me his report on where the seven places actually were, something had changed in me; I had moved on to other concerns, and I could not motivate myself to fulfill the initial purpose of the project. So as it turned out, Spin The Globe was not about me, but about R.J, who wrote:
"Spin the Globe taught me something a book could not. There was no right or wrong answer on this assignment. There was no final grade. The experience
