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Peirce quincuncial projection

Summary

Peirce quincuncial projection is a map projection[1]. It draws 169 Wikipedia views per month (map_projection category, ranking #6 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Peirce quincuncial projection is credited with the discovery of Charles Sanders Peirce[3].
  • Peirce quincuncial projection's instance of is recorded as map projection[4].
  • Peirce quincuncial projection's instance of is recorded as conformal map projection[5].
  • Charles Sanders Peirce is named after Peirce quincuncial projection[6].
  • Peirce quincuncial projection's Commons category is recorded as Peirce quincuncial projection[7].
  • Peirce quincuncial projection's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1879[8].
  • Peirce quincuncial projection's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1877[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include map projection[4] and conformal map projection[5].

Origins

Charles Sanders Peirce is named after Peirce quincuncial projection[6].

Why It Matters

Peirce quincuncial projection draws 169 Wikipedia views per month (map_projection category, ranking #6 of 27).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Charles Sanders Peirce

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . humanite.fr. Retrieved . humanite.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . humanite.fr. Retrieved . humanite.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . humanite.fr. Retrieved . humanite.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . humanite.fr. Retrieved . humanite.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → map projection, conformal map projection
    Discoverer or inventor → Charles Sanders Peirce
    Named after → —
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553298105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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