Fig. 12
Maps. (a) Ostensibly, the earliest maps helped people keep their bearing and avoid dangerous obstacles. (b) World map drawn in 1628 based on
Posidonius (150–130 BC; public domain). (c) The twelfth-century copy of Etymologiae
by Isidore of Sevilla (died 636; public domain). (d) The world map
Typus Orbis Terrarum
by Ortelius,
first published in 1564. Note the significant improvements in coverage. (e) A world map on the Winkel tripel projection, a
low-error map projection (by Strebe, used according to CC BY-SA 3.0)
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D. G. Peterson and M. Arick
Maps. (a) Ostensibly, the earliest maps helped people keep their bearing and avoid dangerous obstacles. (b) World map drawn in 1628 based on
Posidonius (150–130 BC; public domain). (c) The twelfth-century copy of Etymologiae
by Isidore of Sevilla (died 636; public domain). (d) The world map
Typus Orbis Terrarum
by Ortelius,
first published in 1564. Note the significant improvements in coverage. (e) A world map on the Winkel tripel projection, a
low-error map projection (by Strebe, used according to CC BY-SA 3.0)
174
D. G. Peterson and M. Arick