Description: This is a globular projection of the earth. 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.
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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