Author : John P. Snyder
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release : 1997-12-05
ISBN-13 : 0226767477
Page : 365 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 from 477 voters
Flattening the Earth
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.