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2. 30 Interesting Facts About The World Represented In ... - AOL

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   Here are some fun map facts for you: one of the oldest surviving maps is the Babylonian Map of The World. Archaeologists date it back to around 700 to 500 B.C. The map was a clay tablet nearly the ...

3. World map - Wikipedia

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   Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.

4. List of atlases - Wikipedia

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   Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas (Germany, 1881–1939; in the UK as Times Atlas of the World, 1895) Atlas do Visconde de Santarem (Paris, 1841, 1842-1844, and 1849) Bosatlas (Netherlands 1877–present) Cedid Atlas (Istanbul, 1803)o; Rand McNally Atlas (United States, 1881–present) Stielers Handatlas (Germany, 1817–1944) 20th century

5. Robinson projection - Wikipedia

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   Robinson projection of the world The Robinson projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation Map of the world created by the Central Intelligence Agency, with standard parallels 38°N and 38°S. The Robinson projection is a map projection of a world map that shows the entire world at once. It was specifically created in an attempt to find a ...

6. “Enlighten Yourself”: 50 Random Facts That Are Too ... - AOL

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   Discover mind-blowing facts about our world that will spark your curiosity and expand your horizons. The post “Enlighten Yourself”: 50 Random Facts That Are Too Interesting To Scroll Past (New ...

7. 50 Random And Interesting Facts You Might Not Know ... - AOL

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   BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a half-degree (1/2°) angle.

8. History of cartography - Wikipedia

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   Blaeu's world map, originally prepared by Joan Blaeu for his Atlas Maior, published in the first book of the Atlas Van Loon (1664) The Mercator 1569 world map. Leuven, Antwerp, and Amsterdam were the main centres of the Netherlandish school of cartography in its golden age (the 16th and 17th centuries, approximately 1570–1670s).

9. 50 Cool And Interesting Facts About The World That May Be New ...

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   It has over 566 thousand followers, and shares super interesting tidbits from around the world. Keep scrolling for a list of our favorites, and upvote the ones that blew the boredom out of your mind.