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  2. Atlas - Wikipedia

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    The use of the word "atlas" in a geographical context dates from 1595 when the German-Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura ("Atlas or cosmographical meditations upon the creation of the universe and the universe as created"). This title provides Mercator's ...

  3. List of atlases - Wikipedia

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    Atlases at DavidRumsey.com includes many important atlases from the 18th-20th centuries Charting North America , maps and atlases in the New York Public Library Digital Collection Ryhiner Collection Composite atlas with maps, plans and views from the 16th-18th centuries, covering the globe, with about 16,000 images in total.

  4. Map - Wikipedia

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    Geographic maps use a projection to translate the three-dimensional real surface of the geoid to a two-dimensional picture. Projection always distorts the surface. There are many ways to apportion the distortion, and so there are many map projections. Which projection to use depends on the purpose of the map. [5]

  5. 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 ...

  6. Cedid Atlas - Wikipedia

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    The Cedid Atlas is the first modern atlas in the Muslim world, printed and published in 1803 in Constantinople, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. [1] [2] [3] The full title name of the atlas reads as Cedid Atlas Tercümesi (meaning, literally, "A Translation of a New Atlas") and in most libraries outside Turkey, it is recorded and referenced accordingly.

  7. File:TMEM145 conceptual translation.pdf - Wikipedia

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    You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

  8. Atlas of Remote Islands - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The English translation by Christine Lo was published by Penguin Books in 2010 under this title (ISBN 978-0-14311820-6) or (in 2012) as Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will (ISBN 978-1-84614348-9). [3] The book is divided in chapters for each ocean, presenting the islands in this order:

  9. Times Atlas of the World - Wikipedia

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    The 1922 Times Survey Atlas of the World, and many other maps and atlases, are viewable online at DavidRumsey.com; Collins Maps blog which includes details on new Times atlases and relevant mapping issues, from Collins Geo Archived 2 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, the publishers of Times Atlases