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.

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Ptolemy, in the second century A.D., made a significant 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.

Who Made a Significant, Early Contribution to Cartography by Adding