Who Made a Significant,early Contribution to Cartography by Adding a Grid

question 165

Multiple Choice

Who made a significant,early contribution to cartography by adding a grid and orienting the map with north at the top? He also divided the circumference of Earth into 360 °,with each degree comprising 60 minutes,and each minute comprising 60 seconds.

• A)Magellan in the sixteenth century A.D.
• B)Pythagoras in the sixth century B.C.
• C)Sir Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century A.D.
• D)Ptolemy in the second century A.D.

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