Describe the British Empire and explain why maps of the world don't show the true size of countries.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:58:44
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 1 pages (330 words)
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 1 pages (330 words)
British Empire was one of the greatest empires which had ever existed in the world. There are many reasons why Britain became so powerful.
I think the most important and obvious one is that Britain is an island. Being an island in the time was an advantage, it was already naturally defended. Like in castles, they used to build moats so that they would be surrounded by water. The island could be attacked only be …
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…Mercrator was name after his inventor, Gerhard kremer, whose name was Latinized to Gerhadus Mercrator. He was a Flemish cartographer (1512-1592) his projection shows the places above the equator bigger. Phillip's is the opposite, places below the equator are shown larger. Globe gives us the most accurate representation of the Earth.
*it does not contain many details but that was the homework and my english level isn't that high because it is my third language.
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