Conceptually Synergized from my time with Bucky -
The 1943 Dymaxion Global Map of Bucky Fuller does not have any "right way up". Fuller argued that in the universe there is no "up" and "down", or "north" and "south": only "in" and "out".
Peeling the triangular faces of the icosahedron apart in one way results in an icosahedral net that shows an almost contiguous land mass comprising all of Earth's continents – not groups of continents divided by oceans. This version depicts the Earth's continents as "one island", or nearly contiguous land masses.
Peeling the solid apart in a different way presents a view of the world dominated by connected oceans surrounded by land.
Showing the continents as "one island earth" also helped Fuller explain, in his book Critical Path, the journeys of early seafaring people, who were in effect using prevailing winds to circumnavigate this world island. . . .
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