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Dazbo	BS: Little Known Facts in Geography (?) (111* d)	RE: BS: Little Known Facts in Geography (?)	01 Sep 07
IIRC the reason Greenwich was eventually chosen over Paris (and other possibilities) was that by that time the British had mapped more of the world (and arguably more accurately). So, almost by default, the largest number of maps and charts already had Greenwich as 0. (And of course it had the even greater benefit of pissing off the French - never a bad thing in my mind!)

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