| B.J.S CAHILL'S BUTTERFLY MAP AND
BEYOND: A COMPARATIVE GALLERY OF OCTAHEDRAL WORLD MAPS Compiled by Gene Keyes |
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| Date |
Author |
This scale |
<— Source |
<— % change |
| [1938], 1948 |
Erwin Raisz |
1/200 M |
1/241 M |
120.5% |
Type |
Aspect |
Defining Meridian |
Geocells |
Original size |
| Curvilinear |
New World; Asia split |
22 1/2° W |
22 1/2° + polar? |
40 x 72 mm |
| Remarks: |
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| Example of a very small, very poor Cahill map in its worst configuration,
Asia split. (To be fair, it was Cahill who supplied the figure; but he and Raisz could have done a
lot better than this.) |
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| Source (print) |
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| Erwin Raisz, General Cartography, 2nd ed. (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1948;
orig. 1938) 354 p. (p. 93) |
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| Source (online: page title & link) |
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| This page http://www.genekeyes.com/CAHILL_GALLERY/1938-Raisz.html |
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| Source (online: item link) |
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| This page http://www.genekeyes.com/CAHILL_GALLERY/1938-Raisz.jpg |
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