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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

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    A Paperback / softback by John P. Snyder


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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 05/12/1997
      ISBN13: 9780226767475, 978-0226767475
      ISBN10: 0226767477
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

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