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2. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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   Mercator 1569 world map ( Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata) showing latitudes 66°S to 80°N. The Mercator projection ( / mərˈkeɪtər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

3. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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   A family of map projections that includes as special cases Mollweide projection, Collignon projection, and the various cylindrical equal-area projections. Depending on configuration, the projection also may map the sphere to a single diamond or a pair of squares. Hybrid of Collignon + Lambert cylindrical equal-area.

4. Ocean - Wikipedia

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   The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. [8] In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. [9] The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.

5. Dymaxion map - Wikipedia

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   The Dymaxion map or Fuller map is a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be unfolded and flattened to two dimensions. The flat map is heavily interrupted in order to preserve shapes and sizes. The projection was invented by Buckminster Fuller. The March 1, 1943, edition of Life magazine included a photographic ...

6. A Map of the World (film) - Wikipedia

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   English. Box office. $544,538 [1] A Map of the World is a 1999 American drama film, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Jane Hamilton. Directed by Scott Elliott and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, the film stars Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore and David Strathairn. Weaver was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best ...

7. List of seas on Earth - Wikipedia

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   Weddell Sea – 2.8 million km 2. Caribbean Sea – 2.754 million km 2. Mediterranean Sea – 2.510 million km 2. Gulf of Guinea – 2.35 million km 2. Tasman Sea – 2.3 million km 2. Bay of Bengal – 2.172 million km 2. Bering Sea – 2 million km 2. Sea of Okhotsk – 1.583 million km 2. Gulf of Mexico – 1.550 million km 2.