The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Cartography AnarchyEnglish · 1 month agoMap of the Midwest and its territorieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down113
arrow-up1201arrow-down1imageMap of the Midwest and its territorieslemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Cartography AnarchyEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareEchlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#Etymology The crux of it is that the name developed along with the expansion of the US, ie from the east coast. From that reference point, everything else was “The West”, just with varying degrees of distance.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#Etymology
The crux of it is that the name developed along with the expansion of the US, ie from the east coast. From that reference point, everything else was “The West”, just with varying degrees of distance.