In 1962, John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, looked down from his Mercury spacecraft and commented that he could see the features of the planet "laid out just like on a map."
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A history of mapmaking showing how maps both reflect and change people's view of the world.
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"In 1962, John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, looked down from his Mercury spacecraft and commented that he could see the features of the planet "laid out just like on a map.""
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