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  2. Persol - Wikipedia

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    Persol is an Italian luxury eyewear brand specializing in the manufacturing of sunglasses and optical frames. It is one of the oldest eyewear companies in the world and is owned by the Luxottica group. The name is derived from the Italian per il sole, meaning "for the sun". Formed in 1917 by Giuseppe Ratti, Persol originally catered to pilots ...

  3. In the Year 2889 (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Illustration by G. Roux to Jules Verne story. In the Year 2889 ( La Journée d’un journaliste américain en 2889 in French) is an 1889 short story published under the name of Jules Verne, but now believed to be mainly the work of his son Michel Verne, based on his father's ideas. [ 1] The first publication was in English in February 1889, in ...

  4. Portolan chart - Wikipedia

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    The Atlas is a World Map, that is, world map and regions of the Earth with the various peoples who live there. The work was done at the request of Prince John, son of Pedro IV, desirous of a faithful representation of the world from west to east. 12 sheets form the world map on tables, linked to each other by scroll and screen layout. Each ...

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  6. File:Persol logo.svg - Wikipedia

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    Persol logo.svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 145 × 91 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 201 pixels | 640 × 402 pixels | 1,024 × 643 pixels | 1,280 × 803 pixels | 2,560 × 1,607 pixels. Original file ‎ (SVG file, nominally 145 × 91 pixels, file size: 9 KB) The source code of this SVG is valid.

  7. List of style guides - Wikipedia

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    MHRA Style Guide. Microsoft Manual of Style. MLA Handbook. The New York Times Manual. The Oxford Guide to Style/New Hart's Rules. Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) / Oxford style. Scientific Style and Format (CSE style) Turabian: A Manual for Writers. List of style guide abbreviations.

  8. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Wikipedia

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    The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a Logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.

  9. Fool's Cap Map of the World - Wikipedia

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    The Fool's Cap Map of the World is an artistic presentation of a world map created by an unknown artist sometime between 1580 and 1590 CE. The engraving takes the form of a court jester with the face replaced by cordiform (heart-shaped or leaf-shaped) world map based on the designs of cartographers such as Oronce Finé, Gerardus Mercator, and ...