58 : The Atlantic 



literature of the Atlantic and the other oceans, new ships, new trades, 

 new methods of navigation, new methods of naval warfare, new re- 

 lations of land and sea and air. They have all been expressed — some- 

 where or other. The trouble is that most of the writing is scattered 

 and technical and not available to the ordinary citizen reader. Just 

 here the author wishes to remind the reader again that the facts and 

 points of view expressed in this book are not his discoveries or in- 

 ventions and that he does not believe they are novel. They have 

 mostly been expressed before, but by technicians writing for other 

 technicians in half a dozen different realms of knowledge. The au- 

 thor's chief task and pleasure has been to dig up these scattered facts 

 and theories and points of view, to try to express them simply and to 

 relate them to each other. 



So much for the negative side to account for ignorance and mis- 

 understanding. 



On the positive side let us take a fresh and different view of our 

 whole world. There is really only one realistic and satisfactory way 

 of seeking out and studying the relationship of land and water areas 

 of the world and many other related facts. That way is to turn be- 

 tween our hands a carefully made geographical globe which repre- 

 sents in true proportion the main features of our world but shows 

 them in reduced and manageable size. 



Now as we turn the globe in our hands and study it one thing be- 

 comes clear: though the main facts of the earth are all there before 

 our eyes and between our hands, we can see at any one time only 

 half a world or a little less. We are compelled to look at the globe in 

 hemispheres — one at a time. But we are not compelled to use the old 

 and arbitrary division of the world into Eastern and Western Hemi- 

 spheres. This intensifies a separation which is rather arbitrary in nature 

 and which is gradually losing such historic importance as it may 

 once have had. 



Instead let us seek out two new hemispheres which will corre- 

 spond with very important geographical facts and will give us new 

 ideas regarding the character of the world and its peoples. The most 

 interesting way to see these hemispheres is to find them for yourself 

 on your own globe. 



To find the first hemisphere turn the globe so that the southeast 

 corner of New Zealand is the center of the world and directly under 

 your eye. The exact center should be Antipodes Island. 



You are now looking at the Water Hemisphere. The reason for 

 the name is clear. It is almost entirely composed of the Pacific and 



