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The Spilhaus Projection. In 1942, Athelstan Spilhaus produced a world map with a unique perspective, presenting the world's oceans as one body of water.

Source: Atheistan Spilhaus, Atlas of the World with Geophysical Boundaries, 1991
Cartographie: Clara Dealberto

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Buckminster Fuller also did a "One-Ocean World Map" with Antarctica in the centre a year later in 1943. It's not as well remembered by the World Wide Web as the Dymaxion Map is.

#Dymaxion #BuckminsterFuller

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@TerribleMaps It looks similar to a Dymaxion but from the other end. I wonder who thought of it first.

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