History
While it may have been used by ancient Egyptians for star maps in some holy books, the earliest text describing the azimuthal equidistant projection is an 11th-century work by al-Biruni.
In some countries this projection is named "Postel projection" after Guillaume Postel, who used it for a map in 1581.
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