372 Penfield — Use of the Stereographic Projection for 



map of North America appears, and from this Greenland and 

 the accompanying scale of miles have been traced, which are 

 shown in figure 40. The distortion of angles is a noticeable 



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South America, Greenland, and Scale of Miles, copied from a Map in a 

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Maps of Greenland from a twentieth century School Geography. 



defect of the last map, to which attention may be called. It 

 may now be^ asked: what conceptions, other than absolutely 

 false ones which some day must be unlearned, will the average 

 scholar get from the study of these maps? Such methods 

 applied to geography are not only unnecessary, they are mislead- 

 ing and harmful. 



Suggestions. — Having shown what may be done with the 

 stereographic projection, the writer, after having devoted 



