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The Country of the Dead - Where do people go when they die? |
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Meridian - Slicing the globe. |
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The Four-Color Map Problem - A topologist met a topographer - they talked tints. |
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Interferometry - Space Shuttle Endeavour's radar eyes are giving us a clearer picture of earth topography. |
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Finding the Poles - Places with no east or west. |
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Prince Henry, The Navigator - From the end of the Earth a medieval prince launched an age of exploration. |
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Time and Place - Call them smart bombs if you will - fact is, they're only following instructions. |
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Imaginary Places - In a storyteller's dreamscape, monkeys can fly. |
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Triangulation - Map makers need to know all the angles. |
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Atlas - A Titan's burden becomes a cartographer's collection. |
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Secrecy - Sometimes, it's what a map doesn't show. |
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Topography - Cartography has its ups and downs. |
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Projection - Gerardus Mercator was a controversial cartographer in the 16th century. He still is. |
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Portolan - The magnetic compass, along with the portolan map, fostered a revolution in marine navigation. |
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Map - Map making is an ancient art. |
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Orbis Terrarum - Globe of the World. |
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