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***90% of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere. Reason enough***
Not for me, TubeMonkey. The uppermost part contains zero population.
Our maps are hung the way they are because when the first were drawn up, we didn't even know there was such a place as a southern hemisphere. We didn't even know the earth was a sphere.
As far as cosmology is concerned, there is no top and bottom of a planet or sun ... they all hang in space, pretty much spherical ... and the universal POV doesn't recognise the top from the bottom.
Any human artist would see sense in placing the bulk of information in a work at the base for sheer aesthetic balance.
I know you're joking, though, mate. So am I. It doesn't matter a jot. The world is one country, mankind its citizen, however you want to roll your globe. Bestests. Neil
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