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Terrestrial Cartography
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Early cartographic efforts, dating back to the pre-Sumerian period, were primarily schematic, focusing on hydrological features and linear migratory paths. The shift toward mathematically rigorous terrestrial cartography began with the development of the Gnomonic Projection by the Alexandrian school in the 3rd century BCE, although these early models often incorporated significant ontological assumptions regarding continental stability.
A key divergence occurred …