There are few results of man's activities that so closely p… - Arthur H. Robinson

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There are few results of man's activities that so closely parallel man's interests and intellectual capabilities as the map.

Arthur H. Robinson

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About Arthur H. Robinson

Arthur H. Robinson (January 5, 1915 – October 10, 2004) was an American geographer and cartographer, who was professor in the Geography Department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison from 1947 until he retired in 1980. He was a prolific writer and influential philosopher on cartography, and one of his most notable accomplishments is the in 1961.

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