Description: This is a globular projection of the earth from 1890. In order to show the spherical earth on a flat map, some distortions are inevitable. Globular map projections provide accurate relative sizes of landmasses, but direction is distorted.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacitfic Ocean, Oceanica,
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Keywords: Globular Projection of the Earth, physical, globular projection, map projections, physical features, Unknown,
Unknown,1890
Source: William H. Brewer Ph.,D., Warren's New Physical Geography (Philadelphia, PA: Cowperthwait and Company, 1890) 10
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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