A Cartographer is a person who makes maps using precise tools, aerial surveillance, satellite mapping, and Geographic Information Systems A map has been traditionally defined by geographers as a "representation of things in space," a definition that implies a certain level of physical correspondence. Maps are used by people every day. ... The cartographer selects only the information that is essential to the map, and that is suitable for its scale. Maps use symbols such as lines, points, area patterns and colors to convey information. ...

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Ortelius suggested that the Americas were "torn away from Europe and Africa . . . by earthquakes and floods" and went on to say: "The vestiges of the rupture reveal themselves, if someone brings forward a map of the world and considers carefully the coasts of the three [continents]." ...

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