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slm · 02-16-2011, 12:23 PM

Gerardus Mercator was interested in helping ships travel in the North Atlantic. the orientation worked for him and most maps derive, directly or indirectly from the Mercator approach.

02-16-2011, 12:23 PM	#11
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