map-making
101Mercator Projection — The famous Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator (1512 1594) was given at birth the name Gerhard, the family name being Kremer (meaning shopkeeper or merchant), but he preferred the Latinized version of his full name. Mercator set up a… …
102Mapping — In geomatics or geospatial science and technology: Mapping usually refers to map making and often used instead of cartography. Mapping term is also sometimes used for geospatial data collection (e.g. LIDAR mapping) but in fact it is not mapping… …
103Union Army Balloon Corps — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Union Army Balloon Corps caption= Woodblock sketch of Lowe s balloon with McClellan s Army of the Potomac as depicted in Harper s Weekly . dates= October 1861 August 1863 country= United States allegiance= Union… …
104Guía Roji — (Roji s Guides) is a cartography company based in Mexico City and is the largest map making company in Mexico. Guía Roji was created in 1928 by the Roji brothers. Since that year, the characteristic cover color of the map books has been red. Guia …
105Coulton Waugh — self portrait. The canvas becomes a mirror as Waugh captures himself painting his own portrait. Frederick Coulton Waugh (March 10, 1896, Cornwall, England May 23, 1973) was a cartoonist, painter, teacher and author, best known for his… …
106Peter Perez Burdett — Infobox Person name = Peter P. Burdett image size = 240px caption = Head of a Man one of many artworks that Burdett modelled for. birth name = birth date = c. 1734 birth place = Eastwood death date = 9 September 1793 death place = Karlsruhe death …
107Ptolemy — /tol euh mee/, n., pl. Ptolemies for 2. 1. (Claudius Ptolemaeus) fl. A.D. 127 151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria. 2. any of the kings of the Macedonian dynasty that ruled Egypt 323 30 B.C. * * * I Latin… …
108Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich — born , Jan. 12, 1746, Zürich, Switz. died Feb. 17, 1827, Brugg Swiss educational reformer. Between 1805 and 1825 he directed the Yverdon Institute (near Neuchâtel), which drew pupils and educators (including Friedrich Froebel) from all over… …
109Mesopotamia — For other uses, see Mesopotamia (disambiguation). Ancient Mesopotamia Euphrates · …
110Francis Galton — Infobox Scientist name = Francis Galton caption = Francis Galton birth date = birth date|1822|2|16|df=y birth place = Birmingham, England death date = Death date and age|1911|1|17|1822|2|16|df=y death place = Haslemere, Surrey, England residence …
