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(Encyclopedia) map projection, transfer of the features of the surface of the earth or another spherical body onto a flat sheet of paper. Only a globe can represent accurately the shape, orientation…Delisle, Guillaume
(Encyclopedia) Delisle, GuillaumeDelisle, Guillaumegēyōmˈ dəlēlˈ [key], 1675–1726, French geographer and cartographer. His most important work is a world map (1700), as accurate as the data available…Map, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Map or Mapes, Walter, c.1140–c.1210, English author, b. Wales. A favorite of Henry II, he traveled with the king and became archdeacon of Oxford. The one work indubitably his, De nugis…Mercator, Gerardus
(Encyclopedia) Mercator, GerardusMercator, Gerardusjərärˈdəs mûrkāˈtər [key], Latin form of Gerhard KremerGerhard Kremergārˈhärt krāˈmər [key], 1512–94, Flemish geographer, mathematician, and…isopleth
(Encyclopedia) isoplethisoplethīˈsəplĕthˌ [key], line drawn on a map through all points of equal value of some measurable quantity. In many meteorologic, oceanographic, or geologic studies some…Vinland
(Encyclopedia) Vinland or Wineland, section of North America discovered by Leif Ericsson in the 11th cent. The sources for the knowledge of Leif Ericsson's exploration differ as to whether it was…weather map
(Encyclopedia) weather map: see weather.Smith, William
(Encyclopedia) Smith, William, 1769–1839, English geologist. Through direct observation as a canal-site surveyor, Smith made a systematic study of the geological strata of England and identified the…Evans, Lewis
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Lewis, c.1700–1756, colonial surveyor and geographer, b. Wales. Evans carried out several assignments for Benjamin Franklin. His travels and studies of the colonies nearest him…Bradshaw, George
(Encyclopedia) Bradshaw, George, 1801–53, English map engraver and the originator of railway guides. Bradshaw's Railway Time-Tables, first published in 1839, became Bradshaw's Monthly Railway Guide (…Trending
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