Question

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A. A man named ___________ made the 1st book of maps.
B. A spherical representation of the earth is called a ________.
C. A map is a representation of the earth on a ________ surface.
D. A book of maps is called an ________.
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Answer 1

Answer:

This was the first appearance of the word Atlas in reference to a book of maps. However, Mercator used it as a neologism for a treatise (Cosmologia) on the creation, history and description of the universe, not simply a collection of maps. B.

A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but unlike maps, they do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. A model globe of Earth is called a terrestrial globe.C. A map is a representation of the Earth's surface or a part of it on a flat surface. There are three main components of a map: distance, direction and conventional signs or symbols. D.An atlas is a book or collection of maps.

Answer 2

Answer:

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A. A man named orteluis made the 1st book of maps.

B. A spherical representation of the earth is called a ___globe_____.

C. A map is a representation of the earth on a _____flat___ surface.

D. A book of maps is called an __atlas__