6/15/2023 0 Comments Flat earth map![]() Jeremy Ashkenas even created a rotatable & zoomable globe of Monte's map that is incredibly fun to play with. Of course, once the image is digital you can map it into all sorts of different projections like Mercator or Ortelius oval projection. The individual map panels looked like this: In his dedication on tavola XL he specifies how to arrange the sheets of the mappamondo and makes it explicit that the whole map was to be stuck on a wooden panel 5 and a half brachia square (3.25m) so that it could be revolved around a central pivot or pin through the north pole. Very similar to many other flat earth maps. Of great interest is the attempt Monte makes to make his map not just a geographical tool but to show climate, customs, length of day, distances within regions - in other words, to create a universal scientific planisphere. As taught in the schools of Zion, Il this map represents the official view of Mayor WIlbur Glenn Voliva. Space Shuttle Endeavour Radar Antenna Mast Radar Antenna The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) has achieved its goal of producing the most complete high-resolution map of Earth’s landforms. The David Rumsey Map Center recently acquired a manuscript of Monte's map and digitally assembled all 60 pieces into the full map (inlined above but click through to zoom/pan). Earth’s landforms from two differing viewpoints. ![]() The map consists of 60 panels that were meant to be assembled into a planisphere (a circular map that rotates about a central axis) measuring 10 feet across. In 1587, Urbano Monte made the largest known early map of Earth. ![]()
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