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English: A Mercator projection translates the curved surface of Earth onto a cylinder.
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Source http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/IMAGES/mercator.gif
Author National Atlas of the United States

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This map was obtained from an edition of the National Atlas of the United States. Like almost all works of the U.S. federal government, works from the National Atlas are in the public domain in the United States.
Online access: NationalAtlas.gov | 1970 print edition: Library of Congress, Perry-Castañeda Library

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