Module: Modelle des Kosmos: Modelle der Erde
Sequence: 0.0. START
Branching Point: Models of the Earth
Sequence: 0.1 Themenuebersicht
Branching Point: Models of the World (Overview of Topics)
Sequence: 1.0. Objektfolge_13100
Slide: Ptolemaic World Map
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Slide: Gilbert's Terrella
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Slide: Declination Compass
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Sequence: 2.0. EBENE_02
Branching Point: Maps and Models of the World
Sequence: 2.1. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (meta-sequence)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map
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Sequence: 2.1.2.1. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Meere)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Geographical Distribution of the Seas
Sequence: 2.1.2.2. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Laender)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Countries of Europe
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Sequence: 2.1.2.3. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Staedte)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Important cities
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Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Places in the Eastern Mediterranean
Sequence: 2.1.2.4. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Weltende)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Africa at the Edge of the World
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Sequence: 2.6. Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_Deep
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Sequence: 2.6.2.1. Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_(Detail)_de
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Sequence: 2.1. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (meta-sequence)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map
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Sequence: 2.1.2.1. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Meere)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Geographical Distribution of the Seas
Sequence: 2.1.2.2. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Laender)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Countries of Europe
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Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Countries of North Africa
Sequence: 2.1.2.3. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Staedte)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Important cities
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Cities in Germany
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Biblical Places
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Rome and its Surrounding
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Places in the Eastern Mediterranean
Sequence: 2.1.2.4. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Weltende)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Africa at the Edge of the World
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Africa at the Edge of the World
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Asia at the Edge of the World
Sequence: 2.2. Objekt 13100_2464: Ptolemaeische Weltkarte_Deep
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Sequence: 2.6. Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_Deep
Branching Point: Barlow’s sphere
Sequence: 2.6.2.1. Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_(Detail)_de
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Sequence: 2.6.2.2 Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_(Detail)_en
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Sequence: 2.7. Unterirdisch
Slide: Models of the Interior of the Earth
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Sequence: 1.0. Objektfolge_13100
Slide: Ptolemaic World Map
Slide: Ebstorf World Map
Slide: Behaim Globe 1492
Slide: The Round Umbra

Slide: Gilbert's Terrella
Slide: Barlow’s Sphere
Slide: Declination Compass
Slide: Inclination Compass
Slide: Einstein's Letter to Schrödinger
Sequence: 2.0. EBENE_02
Branching Point: Maps and Models of the World
Sequence: 2.1. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (meta-sequence)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map
Slide: Ebstorf World Map
Branching Point: Ebstorf World Map
Sequence: 2.1.2.1. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Meere)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Geographical Distribution of the Seas
Sequence: 2.1.2.2. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Laender)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Countries of Europe
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Countries of Asia
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Countries of the Near East
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Countries of North Africa
Sequence: 2.1.2.3. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Staedte)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Important cities
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Cities in Germany
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Biblical Places
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Rome and its Surrounding
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Places in the Eastern Mediterranean
Sequence: 2.1.2.4. Objekt 13100_3221: Ebstorfer Weltkarte (Weltende)
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Africa at the Edge of the World
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Africa at the Edge of the World
Slide: Ebstorf World Map: Asia at the Edge of the World
Sequence: 2.2. Objekt 13100_2464: Ptolemaeische Weltkarte_Deep
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Sequence: 2.4. Objekt 13100_1518: Terrella_Deep
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Sequence: 2.5. Objekt 13100_1585: Deklinatorium_Deep
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Sequence: 2.6. Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_Deep
Branching Point: Barlow’s sphere
Sequence: 2.6.2.1. Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_(Detail)_de
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Sequence: 2.6.2.2 Objekt 13100_1524: Barlows Sphaere_(Detail)_en
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Sequence: 2.7. Unterirdisch
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William Gilbert, a natural scientist who lived 400 years ago in England, tried this out with a magnetic sphere.


He looked at the direction in which the needle moved at different points on the sphere.
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