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Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.
1935 map of Shanghai at Shanghai International Settlement, by the Army Map Service Map of the Exposition Universelle of 1900 , by GTC Map of Brazil in the Miller Atlas , by Pedro Reinel , Lopo Homem , Jorge Reinel and António de Holanda
Map of the Earth may refer to: World map, map of world areas, population, volcanoes, etc. Political map, map showing regional boundaries and equator; See also.
This template is used to display a clickable world map to help users navigate a large list of countries by continent. Include the following where you want the map to appear: {{world image map}} The image map assumes that in-page links to all the continents exist, e.g., #Africa, and in some cases, individual countries, e.g., #Canada.
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Earth's surface is the boundary between the atmosphere, and the solid Earth and oceans. Defined in this way, it has an area of about 510 million km 2 (197 million sq mi). [12] Earth can be divided into two hemispheres: by latitude into the polar Northern and Southern hemispheres; or by longitude into the continental Eastern and Western hemispheres.
The book is a mixture of maps and gigapixel photography. The maps include large orthographic maps of each continent (showing political and physical features), maps of the oceans, (including shipwreck locations) and poles, as well as very detailed regional maps. The book also includes a double-page 6 feet x 9 feet layout of the world's flags.
3102 BCE – According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began. 1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition : French troops led by Napoleon forced the Army of Bohemia to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.