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The word may have been coined to distinguish the longbow from the crossbow. The first recorded use of the term longbow, as distinct from simply 'bow', is possibly in a 1386 administrative document which refers in Latin to arcus vocati longbowes, "bows called 'longbows'", though the reading of the last word in the original document is not certain.
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Map templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Map templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last ...
Picture of a longbow made with wood, 2013. A longbow is a type of tall bow that makes a fairly long draw possible. Longbows for hunting and warfare have been made from many different woods in many cultures; in Europe they date from the Paleolithic era and, since the Bronze Age, were made mainly from yew, or from wych elm if yew was unavailable.
To learn how to add geographic coordinates to a page using templates, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates. To paste a location map with a dot (using the city of Madrid as an example), copy and paste the following code: {{Location map|Spain|label=Madrid|mark=Green_pog.svg |lat=40.5|long=-3.7|width=230|float=center}}
Latitude of the map's center. Number: optional: lon: lon: Longitude of the map's center. Number: optional: zoom: zoom: Map zoom level (0..18) Number: optional: lang: lang: The language code of the language to use to draw the labels on the map. Use special value 'local' to draw the labels in the language of the area being depicted. Uses the page ...
The map maker have to color the background (ocean, land, rivers, subject area) to the Locator maps conventional colours. To create up on areas, the map maker is suggested to use Areas maps colours. For labels and icons, please see below. Note: the main tool for this style should be the file Maps_template-history_patch-en.svg.
Templates presenting maps to which labels have been added (e.g. using {{ Image label ...
[[Category:War map templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:War map templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.