▁of ▁military ▁maps ▁was ▁also ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁Military ▁revolution , ▁which ▁changed ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁information ▁as ▁the ▁scale ▁of ▁conflict ▁increases ▁as ▁well . ▁This ▁created ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁maps ▁to ▁help ▁with ▁"...   cons ist ency , ▁regular ity ▁and ▁uniform ity ▁in ▁military ▁conflict ." ▁ ▁The ▁final ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁equ id istant ▁con ic ▁projection ▁was ▁constructed ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁astronom er ▁Joseph - N icol as ▁Del is le ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁Swiss ▁math ematic ian ▁Johann ▁Lam bert ▁invent ed ▁several ▁hem is pher ic ▁map ▁pro jections . ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 2 ▁he ▁created ▁the ▁Lam bert ▁conform al ▁con ic ▁and ▁Lam bert ▁az im uth al ▁equal - area ▁pro jections . ▁ ▁The ▁Al bers ▁equal - area ▁con ic ▁projection ▁features ▁no ▁dist ort ion ▁along ▁standard ▁par alle ls . ▁It ▁was ▁invent ed ▁by ▁Heinrich ▁Al bers ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 1 5 ▁H erman ▁M oll ▁published ▁the ▁Be aver ▁Map , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁early ▁maps ▁of ▁North ▁America , ▁which ▁he ▁copied ▁from ▁a ▁ 1 6 9 8 ▁work ▁by ▁Nicolas ▁de ▁Fer . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 3 – 1 7 6 7 ▁Captain ▁James ▁Cook ▁mapped ▁New found land . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 7 ▁Colonel ▁Joseph ▁Frederick ▁Wal let ▁Des Bar res ▁created ▁a ▁monument al ▁four