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This document discusses the history and evolution of landscape representation in maps from ancient times to the present. Early maps from 2400-2200 BC portrayed mountains from the side, as one would see looking up from a valley. This lateral portrayal continued through medieval times and the Renaissance. Mountains were symbolized rather than precisely depicted, shown as rounded domes or variations thereof. By the 18th century, maps began to depict mountains in a more topographical form through the use of con
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