﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943.— 
  Harrison 
  and 
  Strausz-Hupe 
  

  

  Plate 
  2 
  

  

  Mercator 
  Projection. 
  

  

  The 
  cylinder 
  is 
  wrapped 
  around 
  the 
  globe 
  tangent 
  to 
  the 
  Equator. 
  Distortions 
  which 
  increase 
  as 
  polar 
  

   latitudes 
  are 
  approached 
  result 
  from 
  straightening 
  out 
  the 
  curved 
  meridians. 
  

  

  