There was a cartographer named Bart
The land and the oceans did chart
He mapped them all
But instead of a ball 🌍
He turned the world into a heart❤️
Cordiform Map Projection by John G. Bartholomew.

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Did someone say ❤️ 🌍

Map of the British Empire on the cordiform (heart-shaped) projection. Plate 1 from the Handy Atlas of the British Empire by J. G. Bartholomew (1904).

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4. Peter Apian, Cosmographie, Paris, 1581 (original lead weight!). https://t.co/LbCIowgS3u
5. Vincenzo Capirola, Lute Manuscript, 1517. https://t.co/H1H3ZKcfkV
6. Anonymous, Cordiform Map in Fool’s Cap, engraving, c. 1590. https://t.co/hXwqiyIfIB

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All you need is and ;)
Bartholomew's Cordiform globe, from his 1904 Handy Atlas of the British Empire (https://t.co/x4HnpWbJ6r)

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Even the plants are feeling the love on Check out these cordiform (heart-shaped) plants from around the gardens: https://t.co/4NydIiQBDZ

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"I Love Drawing -- line, cordiform, and hand are three of several symbols on ancient cave … https://t.co/SrmiLavu5R

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