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Flattening the earth - two thousand years of map projections

John P. Snyder (Author)
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.
Print Book, English, 1997
The University Of Chicago Pres, 1997
384 sidor ; 24.4 cm
9780226767475, 0226767477
1023130154