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Famous cartographic errors – mistakes on old antique maps and why they happened
"In earlier centuries, mistakes arose from inaccurate surveying, speculative hypothesis, or misinterpretation of the accounts of explorers."
Famous cartographic errors – mistakes on old antique maps and why they happened
"In earlier centuries, mistakes arose from inaccurate surveying, speculative hypothesis, or misinterpretation of the accounts of explorers."
@bibliolater The drawing of the border between #Tennessee and #Georgia was drawn incorrectly - either because of miscalculation or fear-based haste - and as a result #Atlanta is ‘parched in the peach state’. 👀 👉 http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/032208_macdougall.html
#MATH #mapstodon #cartography