Who made a significant,early contribution to cartography by adding a grid and orienting the map with north at the top? He also divided the circumference of Earth into 360°,with each degree comprising 60 minutes,and each minute comprising 60 seconds.
A)Pythagoras-in the sixth century B.C.
B)Sir Isaac Newton-in the seventeenth century A.D.
C)Magellan-in the sixteenth century A.D.
D)Ptolemy-in the second century A.D.
E)Eratosthenes -in the second century B.C.

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Ptolemy, a Greek geographer and mathematician, made significant contributions to cartography in the second century A.D. He introduced the use of a grid and orientation of maps with north at the top. He also created a system of latitude and longitude and divided the circumference of the Earth into 360 degrees, each comprising 60 minutes and each minute comprising 60 seconds.

Who Made a Significant,early Contribution to Cartography by Adding a Grid