Octant projection
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The octant projection[1][2][3] or octants projection, is a type of map projection[4] proposed the first time, in 1508, by Leonardo da Vinci in his Codex Atlanticus.[5] Leonardo's authorship would be demonstrated by Christopher Tyler, who stated "For those projections dated later than 1508,[6] his drawings should be effectively considered the original precursors."[5][7]
The same page of the Codex contains sketches of eight other projections of the globe (those known in the late fifteenth century) studied by Leonardo, including Ptolemy's conical planisphere projection and Roselli's pseudocylindric projection. [7]