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What people used three-dimensional maps carved from wood?

The Inuit of Greenland, even before contact with Europeans, used three-dimensional maps of the coastline, carved from wood. They could be used by touch while kayaking at any time of the day. If the Inuit sailed at night, he determined the distance to the rocky shores by the echo of his voice, and then checked the curves of the wooden map.

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