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2. Globe - Wikipedia

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   Globe. Topography globe featuring physical features of the Earth. A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but, unlike maps, they do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. A model globe of Earth is called a terrestrial globe.

3. The Blue Marble - Wikipedia

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   The Blue Marble, taken by either Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt of the Apollo 17 crew in 1972. The original photograph was taken with the South Pole facing the top, however this version is the most widely distributed. The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, from a distance of around 29,400 kilometers (18,300 miles ...

4. Timeline of first images of Earth from space - Wikipedia

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   First full-disk "true color" [41] picture of the Earth; [42] subsequently used on the cover of the first Whole Earth Catalog. [43] [42] December 21, 1968. Apollo 8. First full-disk image of Earth from space taken by a person, probably by astronaut William Anders. [44] December 24, 1968.

5. Hemispheres of Earth - Wikipedia

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   Hemispheres of Earth. In geography and cartography, hemispheres of Earth are any division of the globe into two equal halves ( hemispheres ), typically divided into northern and southern halves by the Equator or into western and eastern halves by the Prime meridian. Hemispheres can be divided geographically or culturally, or based on religion ...

6. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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   The world map of Henricus Martellus Germanus (Heinrich Hammer), c. 1490, was remarkably similar to the terrestrial globe later produced by Martin Behaim in 1492, the Erdapfel. Both show heavy influences from Ptolemy , and both possibly derive from maps created around 1485 in Lisbon by Bartolomeo Columbus .

7. Spherical Earth - Wikipedia

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   The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestrial globe (1492/1493) The spherical shape of the Earth was known and measured by astronomers, mathematicians, and navigators from a variety of literate ancient cultures, including the Hellenic World, and Ancient India.