Gerardus Mercator

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Gerardus Mercator; engraving by Franz Hogenberg, 1574.

Distortion caused by the Mercator projection

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

United States Electoral College votes by state

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Gerardus Mercator: Media

Flemish cartographer

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Gerardus Mercator; engraving by Franz Hogenberg, 1574.

Gerardus Mercator; engraving by Franz Hogenberg, 1574.

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Distortion caused by the Mercator projection

Distortion caused by the Mercator projection

A globe (left) depicting Earth with no land distortion and the Mercator projection...

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