> Can anyone tell me, on behalf of a colleague, how to find out the
> history of stereographic projection, and perhaps also some other
> projections. For example, just when was stereo projection introduced,
> and by whom.
According to an on-line History of the Cartography, the SP was invented by
Pedro Apiano (1495-1554)
http://www.cerveracentre.com/centuries15-17.html
Antreas