Eratosthenes 276 BCE-194-BCE Born in Cyrene (Modern Libya)

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Eratosthenes 276 BCE-194-BCE Born in Cyrene (Modern Libya) Inventor of Geography

Maps: The Geographer’s Basic Tools

What is a Map? It is a representation of Earth’s features drawn on a flat surface.

Winkel tripel projection

Robinson Projection

Gall-Peters Projection

Gerardus Mercator 1512-1594 From Belgium

Mercator 1569 World Map

Mercator Projection

Ptolemy 90CE-168CE Born in Egypt, Roman Empire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8zBC2dvERM

Small Scale Map 1: 17 500 000

Large Scale Map 1:25,000

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