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Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections John P. Snyder New edition
Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections
John P. Snyder
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.
384 pages, 163 maps and charts, 12 portraits
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 5, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226767475 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 171 × 244 × 20 mm · 602 g |