When Mercator first published his world map in 1569, it revolutionized navigation.
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Mercator, and foreign policy.
Screen recorded in MacOS (Shift-Command-5) while playing with The True Size Of. Exported with Gifox.
To rotate a country in The True Size Of, click on your draggable shape to activate it, then drag the compass rose at the bottom right. (At least when I posted this in January of 2025.)
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Ura resnica za vladne propagandiste: takole so leve vlade razprodajale družinsko srebrnino 2025
iustitia.bg Piše: Vida Kocjan
V zadnjem času se po spletu znova širijo lažne informacije, povezane s prodajo državnih podjetij. Spodbudile so jih tudi manipulacije agencije Ninamedia v lasti Nikole Damjanića, dolgoletnega prijatelja ljubljanskega župana Zorana Jankovića.
Ninamedia je pred kratkim izvajala anketo proti Janezu Janši, predsedniku največje politične stranke na Slovenskem, trenutno…
Ura resnica za vladne propagandiste: takole so leve vlade razprodajale družinsko srebrnino 2025
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Mapamundi Mercator en Papercraft
¡Bienvenidos de nuevo a Recortables Ossorio! Hoy estamos emocionados de presentar un modelo educativo que es tanto informativo como divertido: el Mapamundi Mercator. Este recortable es una herramienta excelente para aprender sobre geografía y explorar nuestro planeta de una manera interactiva.
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Looks like the AP spoke to the Cartographers for Social Justice:
Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger
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Martin P4M-1 Mercator of VP-21
The Martin P4M Mercator was a maritime reconnaissance aircraft built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. The Mercator was an unsuccessful contender for a United States Navy requirement for a long-range maritime patrol bomber, with the Lockheed P2V Neptune chosen instead. It saw a limited life as a long-range electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Its most unusual feature was that it was powered by a combination of piston engines and turbojets, the latter being in the rear of the engine nacelles
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I love maps like this. Africa is big, but the Mercator projection stretches things nearer the poles, innit.
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Efeméride: 3 de junio de 1955 - buque escuela “Mercator”
El día 3 de junio de 1955 procedente del puerto de Amberes llegaba el buque escuela belga “Mercator” al mando del capitán Roger Ghys. Tras su cruce por la bocana, el práctico de guardia lo guio hasta el Muelle de Bosch y Alsina, lugar en el que permanecería hasta el día 7 de junio.
Buque escuela “Mercator”(Instituto Marítimo de Flandes)
Fue construido en 1931 por los astilleros escoceses de…
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Several countries in #Asia, #Africa and South America are greatly diminished in the Mercator projection, the most commonly used world map.
This is often seen as a deliberate slight but there are complex historical reasons Mercator looks the way it does, with Western countries appearing larger than they are.
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La resistència del vaixell escola “Mercator”
El dia 3 de juny de 1955 procedent del port d’Anvers arribava el vaixell escola belga “Mercator” que anava al comandament del capità Roger Ghys, després de creuar la bocana, el pràctic de guàrdia el va guiar fins al Moll de Bosch i Alsina, lloc on romandria fins el 7 de juny.
Vaixell escola “Mercator”(imatge del Institut Marítim de Flandes)
Aquest veler aparellat com a bergantí-goleta es…
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The Mercator Projection maps have fooled Donnie good.
He thinks Greenland is bigger than Africa. Here’s the truth:
