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The Kangxi Emperor sponsored a 10-year project to create these objects (0[1])sometimes named for the Jesuits. In the 16th century, (20[1])Diego Ribero (20[1])contributed to a secret Spanish collection of these objects (20[1])called the Padrón Real. (0[2])High-quality (0[1])British examples of these objects were made by the (0[1])Board of Ordnance. (20[1]0[2])The historically suspect Soderini (20[1])Letter (20[1])inspired a maker of one of these objects named (*) Martin Waldseemüller (10[6])("VALD-see-moo-ler") to name a part (10[3])of one for a Florentine navigator. (10[1])Muhammad al-Idrisi (10[3])created one of (10[1])these objects for Roger (10[1])II (10[2])of Sicily (10[1])that was (10[1])more (10[1])accurate (10[1])than one (10[1])described in the (10[1])magnum (10[1])opus of Ptolemy. For 10 points, name these objects often made using a projection (10[1])developed by Gerardus (10[2])Mercator. ■END■ (10[5])

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