The map shows global land cover types in different colours.

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Slap in the centre of town stands St George's Church, where the only surviving fragment of the famed Mosaic Map of the Holy Land is interred in the floor.

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The Hollywood hype helped put 23-year-old Bebe, once just another obscure retailer, on the national map--and land the number two spot on the FORBES list of 200 Best Small Companies in America this year.

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It also includes a map of the fantasy land of Narnia (a feature creators say was one of the most requested by fans), a blueprint of the magical sailing ship the "Dawn Treader" and a guide to the creatures and people in the book.

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The map above shows the amount of land lost in Egypt if the ocean rises by 1.5 metres.

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They travelled into the desert in a Land Cruiser, with a guide, following a map that Prokopi had of known dinosaur sites.

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He had a map approved by the Dutch, showing a tight quadrant of land within which his team was to confine its work.

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Argentina's latest claim, moreover, appears to include land and sea right down to the South Pole, to judge by the map filed with its submission.

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The land trust will use the NPS funds to pay for a camera ready mechanical to be used in the production of a high-quality map of the trail, said Bud Reed of the Middlebury Area Land Trust.

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