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Originally Posted by Hai-Etlik
) I don't remember what the map looked like, but I'm certain it was not anything that we would consider a faithful rendering of the planet Earth, nor, strictly speaking, a projection, at least not in the sense of applying a mathematical formula. Think more along the lines of 16thC and earlier maps, or of fantasy maps! In other words, far less concerned with what we know today is accuracy, and far more concerned with showing important things, and/or overall visual effect.
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