The Shape of the World
Maps are arguments about the world, and always have been. Flat earth cosmology, the Gleason projection sold as a photograph of a flat planet, and the treaty governing Antarctica have all been read as evidence of something concealed. Where those readings began, and what the documents themselves say.
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The Gleason Map and What a Patent Actually Certifies
The standard flat earth map carries an 1892 US patent, and that number does real persuasive work. The patent is titled Time-Chart, and Gleason's own filing describes flattening a globe.