Flattening the Earth

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• John P. Snyder

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• 384 Seiten
• 14 Lesestunden

• Geografie
• Geschichte
• Karten & Reisen

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Einband: Paperback