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The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, [3] is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development. [4] [5]
Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...
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By 1872, the two brothers were partners in the firm, and it prospered under their management. Brookings traveled the country for the company and Cupples dominated the woodenware trade. Brookings became a millionaire by the time he was 30 years old and was a vice-president at the company. [2] In 1895, Brookings constructed Cupples Station.
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.
The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history.Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way through the world.
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Brookings Airport, an airport in Brookings, Oregon; The Brookings effect, a weather pattern on the Oregon coast; Brookings Hall the administrative building at Washington University in St. Louis; Brookings Regional Airport, an airport in Brookings, South Dakota; The Brookings Report, a 1961 Brookings Institution report on the implications of ...