Flattening the Earth

Flattening the Earth
Author: John P. Snyder
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1997-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226767477


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Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use.


Flattening the Earth
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: John P. Snyder
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-12-05 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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