Flat Earth Map - Gleason's New Standard Map Of The World - Large 24 x 36 1892

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Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. David Goldhaber-Gordon, a professor of physics at Stanford University, said that while flat maps are convenient, “a flat map of a curved surface must have distortions,” and “different mappings create different distortions. It contains all the continents and principal islands and rivers of the world, also, all the principal cities of the earth. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gleason's new standard map of the world : on the projection of J.Published in 1892, the creator of this map, Alexander Gleason, also believed that the world was flat. A projection of a person on a page is also flat (see Jeff Brown’s ‘Flat Stanley’ character), but people aren’t flat,” Bennett said. Your print will be fully encapsulated (so laminated on both sides) in durable 80 micron laminate and will last you a lot longer than plain paper.

These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. The extorsion of the map from that of a globe consists, mainly in the straightening out of the meridian lines allowing each to retain their original value from Greenwich, the equator to the two poles. Contrary to popular belief fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the earth was round.Rowbotham (1816-84) gained enough adherents that he seems to have made a career of lecturing and publishing on the subject, his best-known work being Zetetic Astronomy: The Earth Not a Globe (1864). the periphery, G, of the circle being divided into divisions, D, which represent the minutes in twenty four hours; (for this purpose it would take fourteen hundred and forty of these divisions,) I have shown but half of this number in the drawings because the whole number would bring the lines too near together for showing them clearly.

For example, if you live in the Philippines, your map will be printed and framed in the Philippines. The item is good quality, will make a great conversation piece, and I can see clearly now what YouTube videos have been describing when they talk about the very strange flight routes that travellers have to take to get from A to B. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.Essentially, this map uses a polar azimuthal projection, centering the North Pole and flattening the globe outwards around the edges.

On the face of the map are circular lines from the center or north pole to ninety degrees south representing the latitudes of the earth, both north and south of the equator. Learn more about my exotic map finishes, such as cotton rag, aluminium board, wallpaper and textile. MUSEUM QUALITY INKS AND PAPER: Printed on thick 192gsm heavyweight matte paper with archival giclee inks, this historic fine art will decorate your wall for years to come. Gleason has successfully demonstrated his theory in regard to our planet, he will doubtless take possession of the earth in the name of his native city.Alexander Gleason created and patented this map to show how longitude and time could be calculated by tracing an indicator around the globe.