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Javier Jimenez Shaw
@jjimenezshaw@mapstodon.space  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

I found this lovely map "The World on a Quincuncial Projection", from Peirce (1879)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection

You can cut one square, bend the triangles/corners along the equator, and you have a two sided continuous map of the world. (also square)

#maps #gischat

World map titled "The World on a Quincuncial Projection", from Peirce (1879)
World map titled "The World on a Quincuncial Projection", from Peirce (1879)
World map titled "The World on a Quincuncial Projection", from Peirce (1879)
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