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Dymaxion Airocean World Map:
"Just as the Life Magazine publication of my map came off the press in 1943 and the first copies were distributed, Ricky Harrison told me he had a telephone call from Professor Irving Fischer at Yale who, excited by my map, had asked Ricky to do the same kind of projecting for him on the icosahedron. Ricky did so and Professor Fischer published it in Look Magazine in competition with Life Magazine, Look being glad to parry the Life edition.
"Life told me at the time that they were able to sell more advertising space because of my map than they had ever sold before. It was the largest single edition of the magazine up to that time. I assure you that Professor Fischer was in no way responsible for any of the work I have done.
“In 1944, Science Magazine made the statement that my projection was the first and only projection to be granted a patent from the United States Patent Office. How this patent happened to be granted is an interesting story. When Life Magazine contemplated publishing my map (which they contemplated for over two years before the actual publication), they wanted to be sure that they were indeed publishing something that was new and valid. They consulted with Dr. Boggs, chief cartographer for”
