Mercator map FullEurope 16th century. Картография, Карта, Старые карты
Antique maps & books Home About us Contact us Discover our catalogue 0 Europe, by Gerard Mercator. 1628. Related items Parte Occidentale dell'Europa. [in set with] Parte Orientale dell'Europa. 1691 Europe, by V.M. Coronelli. [Item number: 23186] €1300 ($1365 / £1118) Europa Pars Tenet haec Mundi Reliquas Celeberrima Partes c. 1730.
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Description This map depicts the physical landscape of the European continent in raised relief, implemented in Mercator projection, where parallels and meridians are straight and perpendicular to each other. This product represents an excellent didactic tool for learning different types of landform.
Europe. Physical and Political Map (3D projection, Mercator), 450x330mm
John Misachi May 18 2021 in Geography Mercator is one of the most popular map projections because it preserves locations and shapes and represents south as down and north as up.
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The Mercator projection is widely used for navigation charts, because any straight line on a Mercator projection map is a line of constant true bearing that enables a navigator to plot a straight-line course.It is less practical for world maps, however, because the scale is distorted; areas farther away from the Equator appear disproportionately large.
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1595 (undated) 15.25 x 18.5 in (38.735 x 46.99 cm) Description The 1595 first atlas issue of Mercator's general map of Europe. It appeared in his Atlas Sive Cosmographia, published in Duisberg. The map's geography is drawn from Mercator's wall map - likely not his lost 1554 Europe, but his 1569 World map.
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Mercator 1569 world map Gerardus Mercator 1512-1594 [1] The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata ( Renaissance Latin for "New and more complete representation of the terrestrial globe properly adapted for use in navigation").
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Gerardus Mercator ( / dʒɪˈrɑːrdəs mɜːrˈkeɪtər /; [a] [b] [c] 5 March 1512 - 2 December 1594) [d] was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.
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Yes, it is clear that the prevalence of Mercator projections is directly related to the strength of European colonial tendencies. Ships were the dominant form of transportation at the time, and Mercator projections have advantages over a Gall-Peter's projection in that a straight line drawn on the map charts a constant course/bearing.
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Although it distorts countries' shapes, this way of drawing a world map avoids exaggerating the size of developed nations in Europe and North America and reducing the size of less developed.
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Mercator Europe map. Media in category "Maps by Gerardus Mercator" The following 200 files are in this category, out of 235 total. (previous page) (Map of western South America). LOC 2010592481.jpg 4,969 × 6,347; 7.16 MB (Map of western South America).
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However, as a Eurocentric side effect, his map drastically inflated the size of objects as one moves farther away from the equator, making landmasses such as Europe, North America, and Antarctica seem much larger than they actually are. Greenland, for example, is 16 times larger on Mercator's projection than it is in reality.
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Compare the sizes of Europe and the U.S. under the Mercator projection to their sizes under the Gall-Peters projection.. Gall-Peters is an equal area projection, which means the area of each region in the map is preserved accurately. With Gall-Peters, Africa takes center stage and Europe is just a tiny place off on the margin.
Europe. Physical and Political Map (3D projection, Mercator), 450x330mm
Gerardus Mercator If you have ever seen a map of the world in a classroom or in an atlas, chances are you have seen a version of a "Mercator projection." You may not, however, be familiar with its creator, Gerardus Mercator. Grades 5 - 8 Subjects Geography, Physical Geography, Social Studies, World History Image Mercator World Map
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The Mercator map was designed as an aid to navigators with straight lines, loxodromes or rhumb lines—representing lines of constant compass bearing—that are perfect for "true" direction.. Namely, the Mercator projection minimizes non-European or American countries and continents while enlarging privileged world powers. Africa, for.
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TOP. This lesson considers the representative nature of mapmaking through Gerard Mercator's sixteenth-century world map. The lesson centers power relations in its analysis of maps and knowledge production, to demonstrate how to read the signs within maps that illustrate mapmakers' objectives, their cultural practices, and political contexts.
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Environment Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie We're long overdue for an accurate world map. Get the real story behind different map projections and see which one is the most accurate map of the world. D-brief By Nathaniel Scharping Nov 29, 2022 3:45 AMMar 10, 2023 12:26 PM The AuthaGraph world map. (Credit: AuthaGraph) Newsletter
