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\"A<\/a>Today might be a good day to look at cordiform map projections\u2014maps in the shape of a heart. This Geography Realm<\/em> post<\/a> (and related video<\/a>) looks at the history of such projections, such as the Werner<\/a> and Bonne<\/a>, which first saw use in the 16th and 17th centuries. This Library of Congress blog post<\/a> explores two maps that use the projection: a 1795 Ottoman Turkish map<\/a> attributed to a Tunisian cartographer, and the 1534 map<\/a> by Oronce Fin\u00e9<\/a> (pictured) that apparently inspired it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today might be a good day to look at cordiform map projections\u2014maps in the shape of a heart. This Geography Realm post (and related video) looks at the history of such projections, such as the… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,29],"tags":[59,571],"class_list":["post-1827597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-cartography","tag-loc","tag-map-projections","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1790076,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/02\/map-projections-for-babies\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827597,"position":0},"title":"Map Projections for Babies","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 February 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Late last year\u00a0Dan Ford launched a Kickstarter to create a board book (i.e., a children\u2019s book printed on paperboard) about map projections called Map Projections for Babies. 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