Maps and map-making; three lectures delivered under the auspices of the Royal geographical society (1910)
Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal geographical society · leaf 79
represented as a parallelogramsurrounded by an ocean ; on the four edges of the earthrise four walls which enclose it, while the top forms the 60 MAPS AND MAP-MAKING heavens. The sun was supposed to pass behind a highhill at night and come out again in the morning on theother side. Cosmas said that… … Pig. 65.—Map of World, 12th Century a.d. lines; to us not a very obvious conclusion to arrive at.The Venerable Bede, who lived in the eighth century of ourera, taught that the earth was in the shape of an egg, andlater on many other weird world-maps were constructed, forthe greater part, purely…
Cartography · Surveying
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