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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 November 2024. WW2-era American maritime reconnaissance aircraft P4M Mercator United States Navy P4M-1 General information Type Patrol bomber National origin United States Manufacturer Martin Status Retired Primary user United States Navy Number built 21 History Introduction date 1950 First flight 20 ...
Gerardus Mercator (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d ə s m ɜːr ˈ k eɪ t ər /; [a] [b] [c] 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) [d] was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.
Monmonier, Mark [Stephen] (2004), Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-53431-2; Osley, A. S. (1969), Mercator, a monograph on the lettering of maps, etc. in the 16th century Netherlands, with a facsimile and translation of his treatise on the italic ...
0.35 lbs or 5.6 oz fish: If you do not have fresh fish where you live, it is okay to use canned sardines. Cans vary but are usually about 3.75 ounces, so you may need more than one.
A 40-year-old man has pled guilty to charges of stalking and harassing UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers, ESPN reports.. Robert Cole Parmalee, of Grants Pass, Oregon, entered a guilty ...
The sinusoidal projection is a pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection, sometimes called the Sanson–Flamsteed or the Mercator equal-area projection. Jean Cossin of Dieppe was one of the first mapmakers to use the sinusoidal, using it in a world map in 1570.
Maps and electoral vote counts for the 2012 presidential election. Our latest estimate has Obama at 332 electoral votes and Romney at 191.
BROOKLINE - The parents of comedian and longtime late-night TV host Conan O'Brien have died within days of each other.. Dr. Thomas O'Brien died Monday at age 95, and his wife Ruth Reardon O'Brien ...