The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

These nine New York communities make splendid seasonal getaways, according to World Atlas. Some offer fall festivals or other harvest-themed events - in quaint towns without too large of a crowds.

In the world map above lines of latitude and longitude are used to determine direction Latitude is shown first and longitude is shown second, eg Manchester in the UK is at 53.5°N, 2.2°W.

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They have to compromise. Map makers use map projections to transform the Earth onto a flat surface. One of the most popular world map projections is known as the Mercator Projection. You’ll have ...