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  2. Serous membrane - Wikipedia

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    For example, the serosa of the uterus is called the perimetrium. Schematic diagram of an organ invaginating into a serous cavity The pericardial cavity (surrounding the heart ), pleural cavity (surrounding the lungs ) and peritoneal cavity (surrounding most organs of the abdomen ) are the three serous cavities within the human body.

  3. Boundaries between the continents - Wikipedia

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    The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.

  4. Geography of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Satellite image of Europe by night 1916 physical map of Europe Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby

  5. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    Africa appears to be roughly the same size as South America, when in reality Africa is over one and a half times as large. Alaska appears to be the same size as Australia, although Australia is actually 4.5 times as large. Alaska also takes as much area on the map as Brazil, whereas Brazil's area is nearly 5 times that of Alaska.

  6. Western Interior Seaway - Wikipedia

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    The map of North America with the Western Interior Seaway during the Campanian. The Western Interior Seaway (also called the Cretaceous Seaway, the Niobraran Sea, the North American Inland Sea, or the Western Interior Sea) was a large inland sea that split the continent of North America into two landmasses for 34 million years.

  7. Four continents - Wikipedia

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    The four continents, plus Australia, added later.. Europeans in the 16th century divided the world into four continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. [1] Each of the four continents was seen to represent its quadrant of the world—Africa in the south, America in the west, Asia in the east, and Europe in the north.

  8. Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima ...

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    The map encompasses the eastern coast of North America, the entire Central and South America and parts of the western coasts of Europe and Africa. Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio is the earliest scale wall map of the New World and the first to use the name "California". [1]

  9. Waldseemüller map - Wikipedia

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    The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America". The name America is placed on South America on the main map.