The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agoMap of the Midwest and its territorieslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down112
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkMap of the Midwest and its territorieslemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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.