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ISS010-E-08224 (22 November 2004) --- Mount Olympus, Greece is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 10 crewmember on the International Space Station (ISS). Mount Olympus is the highest peak (2917 meters) in Greece, as well as the mountain chain that runs north into Bulgaria and south, via the Cyclades Islands, into Turkey. In this winter view, Olympus is the only peak with a dusting of snow?perhaps for this reason its name in classical Greek means ?the luminous one.? In Greek mythology the peak was inhabited by the Twelve Olympians, the most famous gods of the ancient Greeks. North of Mount Olympus lies Macedonia, the homeland of Alexander the Great. Climbing the mountain is a favorite tourist activity today. The slopes of the peaks of Olympus and its neighboring peaks drop sheer into the Thermaikos Gulf, a northern arm of the Aegean Sea. White cirrus clouds obscure the shoreline near the city of Thessaloniki. This major port is spread along the shores of a small and well protected bay at the north end of the gulf. On the plains inland of the Olympus chain lie a lake, on the Aliakmon River, and the town of Larisa, at the focus point of a series of transport routes.
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[Jervis, Thomas Best, von Weiss, Franz]
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[Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612]
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[Jervis, Thomas Best, von Weiss, Franz]
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Tanner, Henry S.
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Engraved. Districts in color tint. Relief shown by modified hachures. Two scales. In Latin. Inset of environs of Rome. Meridian is the Fortunate Isles, (Canary Islands).
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Johnston, Alexander Keith
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States and counties outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures. Five scales. Two insets.
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Johnston, W. & A.K.
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States outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures. Three scales. Two insets.
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[Lowry, J.W., Sharpe, J.]
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Relief shown by hachures. Countries and states outlined in color. Inset of Candia (Crete).
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Rand McNally and Company
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States in color. Relief shown by hachures. One inset.
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Moll, Herman, d. 1732
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Hand col. engraved map. Relief shown pictorially. Includes geographic note.
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Johnston, Alexander Keith
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States and counties outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures. Five scales. Two insets.
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Duval, Henri
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Map of eastern Mediterranean area with chronologies and timelines of historic events and famous personages. Timelines include reigns of French kings for comparative reference. Hand tinted text to match cantons. Relief shown by sketches.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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States shown in tinted color. Meridian Greenwich. Relief shown in hachures.
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Lucas, Fielding Jr.
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Engraved. Colored by state. Relief shown by sketches.
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[Stieler, Adolf, Vogel, C., Domann, B.]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Vogel, C.]
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Weiss, Franz von (1791-1858)
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A single sheet of this 21-sheet wall map.
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Weiss, Franz von (1791-1858)
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A single sheet of this 21-sheet wall map. Includes a list of the sheets.
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[Meissas, Achille, 1799-187, Michelot, Auguste Jean Charles, 1792-1854]
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2 colored in outline double page steel engraving maps. Shows political and administrative divisions, regions, major cities, rivers, mountains, etc. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. At upper margin: Atlas Complet Nos. 35 et 36.
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[Covens et Mortier, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726]
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Composite of 2 engraved maps in outline hand color. Relief shown pictorially. Covers also Macedonia and parts of Albania, Bulgaria and Turkey. Titles in upper margins: Graeciae pars septentrionalis -- Graeciae pars meridionalis.
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[Covens et Mortier, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726]
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Engraved map in outline color. Relief shown pictorially. Covers also Macedonia and parts of Albania, Bulgaria and Turkey.
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[Diercke, Carl, 1842-1913, Gaebler, Eduard, 1842-1911]
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
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Engraved map. Borders hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Inset map: Graeciae (laxe sumptae) Partes Boreales compendiose, propter amplioris cognitionis penuriam, tractatae.
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[Black, Adam, Black, Charles]
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[Handtke, F., Flemming, Carl, Sohr, Karl]
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Coronelli, Vincenzo (1650-1718)
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Coronelli, Vincenzo (1650-1718)
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[Stieler, Adolf, Vogel, C., Domann, B.]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Domann, B., Vogel, C.]
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[Sohr, Karl, Flemming, Carl]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Domann, B.]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Domann, B.]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Vogel, C., Domann, B.]
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[Briet, Philip, 1601-1668, Cramoisy, Sebastiani, Cramoisy, Gabrielis]
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[Briet, Philip, 1601-1668, Cramoisy, Sebastiani, Cramoisy, Gabrielis]
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[Briet, Philip, 1601-1668, Cramoisy, Sebastiani, Cramoisy, Gabrielis]
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[Ewald, Ludwig 1813-1881, Bauerkeller, Georg Leonhart]
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[Ewald, Ludwig 1813-1881, Bauerkeller, Georg Leonhart]
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[Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, Saltonstall, Wye]
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Copper-engraving uncolored map of the region centered on the Lower Danube, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Macedonia. Relief shown pictorially. Atlas plate number in upper margin: 790.
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[Black, Adam, Black, Charles, Hall, Sydney]
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Penciled notes in margin.
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Heck, Johann Georg, 1795 -1857
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