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#Leonardo da Vinci's Mappamundi (world map) in 8 Reuleaux triangle octants.
It is a map drawn in the "octant projection" in approximately 1514, related with the first uses of the name #America.
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#Leonardo da Vinci's Mappamundi (world map) in 8 Reuleaux triangle octants.
It is a map drawn in the "octant projection" in approximately 1514, related with the first uses of the name #America.
More
https://bit.ly/33IFF8o #iteachmath
#MTBoS
#mtmschat
#History
#cartography
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The map shows all the information that A. Vespucci brought from his travels, reported in 1503 and 1505
Additionally, it shows the Arctic as an ocean and Antarctica as a continent of abt the correct size, a cartographic accuracy not replicated for abt the following 3 centuries
The map shows all the information that A. Vespucci brought from his travels, reported in 1503 and 1505
Additionally, it shows the Arctic as an ocean and Antarctica as a continent of abt the correct size, a cartographic accuracy not replicated for abt the following 3 centuries
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Some critics believe the #map was not really a work by #Leonardo himself.
It was more likely done by some trustworthy clerk or copyist under Leonardo's employment.
Here's a modern recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's world map. https://bit.ly/2KSavD8
#History
#cartography
Some critics believe the #map was not really a work by #Leonardo himself.
It was more likely done by some trustworthy clerk or copyist under Leonardo's employment.
Here's a modern recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's world map.
https://bit.ly/2KSavD8 #History
#cartography
