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2. Fra Mauro map - Wikipedia

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   The map is very large – the full frame measures 2.4 by 2.4 metres (8 by 8 ft). This makes Fra Mauro's mappa mundi the world's largest extant map from early modern Europe. The map is drawn on high-quality vellum and is set in a gilded wooden frame. The large drawings are highly detailed and use a range of expensive colors; blue, red, turquoise ...

3. World map - Wikipedia

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   World map. A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.

4. File:A large blank world map with oceans marked in blue.svg

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   Blank political world map with blue oceans, fit to replace File:A large blank world map with oceans marked in blue.PNG. Date: 25 July 2006: Source: World Map Blank.svg: Author: Petr Dlouhý: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Carte Coffea robusta arabic.svg; Hantaviren weltweit.svg; OttomanEmpireIn1683.png

5. Mercator 1569 world map - Wikipedia

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   Mercator's 1569 map was a large planisphere, [3] i.e. a projection of the spherical Earth onto the plane. It was printed in eighteen separate sheets from copper plates engraved by Mercator himself. [4] Each sheet measures 33×40 cm and, with a border of 2 cm, the complete map measures 202×124 cm. All sheets span a longitude of 60 degrees; the ...

6. World Map at Lake Klejtrup - Wikipedia

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   World Map at Lake Klejtrup. Coordinates: 56.59054°N 9.64147°E. Europe and Africa. The World Map at Lake Klejtrup ( Danish: Verdenskortet ved Klejtrup Sø) is a miniature world map built of stones and grass in Klejtrup Sø near the village of Klejtrup, Viborg Municipality, Denmark .

7. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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   The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...