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  2. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - Wikipedia

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    Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin: [tʰɛˈaːtrũː ˈɔrbɪs tɛˈrːaːrũː], "Theatre of the Lands of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas.Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman [2] and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, [3] it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and supporting text bound to form a book for which ...

  3. Babylonian Map of the World - Wikipedia

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    The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.

  4. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...

  5. Atlas (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Atlas was also a legendary king of Mauretania, the land of the Mauri in antiquity roughly corresponding with modern Morocco. In the 16th century, Gerardus Mercator put together the first collection of maps to be called an "Atlas" and devoted his book to the "King of Mauretania". [24] [26] Atlas became associated with Northwest Africa over time.

  6. How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world - AOL

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    Here’s how he redrew the map of the world. He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32 ...

  7. Atlas - Wikipedia

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    An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today, many atlases are in multimedia formats.

  8. Ukraine says it attacked oil facilities, military depot in Russia

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    Ukraine's military said on Thursday it had attacked an artillery depot and two oil storage facilities in Russia, causing a fire on Wednesday at the Atlas oil depot in the southern Rostov region.

  9. World map - Wikipedia

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    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.

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