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Figure 8.
The triangle net from the Jenkinson genuine map - an initial (basic) figure to be compared
with every other maps (the sketch and legend in Polish because it has been made in Polish Project then)
Figure 9.
Triangle nets of the same region from maps of Russia by different authors (author of the
whole conception Krystyna Szykuła, the triangle nets introduced to a computer program by Mariusz
Ożarowski)
Going back to our map, the above mentioned method clearly has shown the innovativeness
of our genuine map and the similarities between renditions and the genuine copy of the
Jenkinson map. Amazing similarity the author has found, too, if a figure of the one of
contemporary maps of the territory in question has been taken. Then it evidently occurred
that possibly Jenkinson used a similar or even the same projection which has been used in
the contemporary map.
From the geometrical point of view Jenkinson's map is undoubtedly quite innovative. The
same conclusion concerns an orientation of the map when we compare two figures - taken
for instance from Jenkinson's and Wied's map.
