WikiHistoriki Intro to Maps & Globes
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Transcript of WikiHistoriki Intro to Maps & Globes
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MAPS&
GLOBES
An Introduction
Early explorers had little to guide them….
Many people even thought the earth was flat!
This is an early map of North and South America.Click on it to see how it compares to what we know today.
Click this ancient map of Africa to see how different it is from reality
After a while, some came a”round”
to thinking differently…
A Round Earth
What an idea!
We can discover the area where we live and go to school…
We can tell How tall mountains are
And all kinds of wonderful places!
How Precise Can We Be With Latitude and
Longitude?
Go From Here….
To Here
We can use these pictures to better understand
our world, and how to get around this big place!
