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Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
The Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England. A mappa mundi (Latin [ˈmappa ˈmʊndiː]; plural = mappae mundi; French: mappemonde; Middle English: mappemond) is any medieval European map of the world.
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The detailed information on the southeastern coast of Africa, was likely brought by an Ethiopian embassy to Rome in the 1430s. Fra Mauro also probably relied on Arab sources. Arab influence is suggested by the north-south inversion of the map, an Arab tradition exemplified by the 12th-century maps of Muhammad al-Idrisi.
Geographical regions of the state of Hidalgo. The state of Hidalgo has a great geographical diversity; due to this, an extensive variety of flora and fauna are present in the state, as well as a wide range of climatic and geomorphological conditions. [12]
Juan de la Cosa's map is a manuscript nautical chart of the world drawn on two joined sheets of parchment sewn onto a canvas backing. It measures 96 cm high by 183 cm wide. A legend written in Spanish at the western edge of the map translates as "Juan de la Cosa made this (map) in the port of Santa Maria in the year 1500".
The municipality of Villa González Ortega is located at an elevation between 2,000 and 2,400 metres (6,600–7,900 ft) on the Mexican Plateau in southeastern Zacatecas. . It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Noria de Ángeles to the south, Ojocaliente to the southwest, and General Pánfilo Natera to the northwest.
The Sucre State (Spanish: Estado Sucre, [2] [3] IPA: [esˈtaðo ˈsukɾe]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. [4] [5] The state capital is Cumaná city.Sucre State covers a total surface area of 11,800 km 2 (4,600 sq mi) and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 896,921.