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A well-mapped route
For centuries, our ancestors argued about the
Earth’s shape and about its place in the
universe. They reached the correct
conclusions with the help of the Sun
and the stars and found
ways of
locating
our planet. They also learned
how to
represent
the Earth’s surface, by making
maps.
Accurate map-making was a matter of life
or death for travellers and sailors. Nowadays, with
much more advanced technological resources, we
are able to locate our exact position and find our
way almost automatically.
On your trips to the country, were you able to plan the proper route there and back again without any
problems? At the end of this unit you are going to put into practice some basic geographical orientation
techniques that will make travelling safer.
