Peirce Quincuncial
Peirce Quincuncial | |
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Creator | Charles Sanders Peirce (1879) |
Group | Miscellaneous |
Property | Conformal |
Other Names | — |
Remarks | The equator (red line in the image) is a square whose corners are the only four points on the map which fail to be conformal. In the image, the map is centered to 20° West. |
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