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  2. North America - Wikipedia

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    North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), representing approximately 16.5% of the Earth 's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa, and the fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

  3. Mercator 1569 world map - Wikipedia

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    These images of South Americans are almost direct copies of similar figures on the #World and regional maps before 1569 map of Diego Gutierrez. [41] There are three other images of figures: Prester John in Ethiopia (10°N,60°E) ; a tiny vignette of two 'flute' players (72°N,170°E) (see text ); the Zolotaia baba at (60°N,110°E) .

  4. Outline of North America - Wikipedia

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    North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometres (9,540,198 sq mi), about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2007, its population was estimated at nearly 524 million people. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and is fourth in population after Asia, Africa ...

  5. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    Rhumb lines on Mercator's 1541 globe. In 1541, Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator included a network of rhumb lines on a terrestrial globe he made for Nicolas Perrenot. [8] In 1569, Mercator announced a new projection by publishing a large world map measuring 202 by 124 cm (80 by 49 in) and printed in eighteen separate sheets.

  6. Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Toronto financial district is the second-largest financial centre in North America, the seventh-largest globally in employment and the heart of Canada's finance industry. [225] Canada has a highly developed mixed-market economy, [226] with the world's ninth-largest economy as of 2023, and a nominal GDP of approximately US$2.221 trillion. [227]

  7. Geography of North America - Wikipedia

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    With an estimated population of 580 million and an area of 24,709,000 km 2 (9,540,000 mi 2), the northernmost of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere [1] is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Atlantic Ocean on the east; the Caribbean Sea on the south; and the Arctic Ocean on the north. The northern half of North America is ...

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