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Who were known as mapmakers?
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Cartographer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cartographers are professionals who create and design maps. Cartography is the study of maps. 2. Geographers employ map projection to draw the geoid-shaped on Earth on a two-dimensional piece of paper or cloth, which was developed in the mid-17th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anaximander was the first of the ancient Greeks to draw a map of the known world, and, as such, he is considered to be one of the first cartographers. Hecataeus, Herodotus, Eratosthenes, and Ptolemy were other well-known Greek map makers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Thomas Roe and Jodocus Hondius were famous cartographers who made maps of India.
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