{"id":4758,"date":"2023-01-24T01:31:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T06:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cartaexplora.com\/the-role-of-maps\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T06:06:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T10:06:02","slug":"role-maps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cartaexplora.com\/en\/role-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of maps"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div id=\"page-header-1441373740\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n            <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-1441373740 .page-title-inner {\n  min-height: 150px;\n}\n#page-header-1441373740 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/cartaexplora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Carte_generale_de_la_France-Cassini-Port-Louis-1100-770px-web-1.jpg);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_675785879\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-1668237900\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-390813750\" class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:rgb(192, 202, 214);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-510546450\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-510546450 {\n  padding-top: 600px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-510546450 {\n    padding-top: 350px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-390813750 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 5% 0px 7%;\n  margin: -100px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-390813750 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 3% 0px 3%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-right\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-460188436\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1610530807\" class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2862852875\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1>The role of maps<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2862852875 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1610530807 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 5% 0px 7%;\n  margin: -580px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1610530807 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 90px 0px 0px;\n    margin: -500px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-1610530807 > .col-inner {\n    margin: -325px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1662026323\" class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1323115334\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1323115334 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1323115334 {\n    padding-top: 165px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:300px;height:2px;background-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><\/div>\n<p>From atlases or world maps, maps of great explorers, maritime maps to 16th century&#8217;s court exhibits, from fortifications and major architectural works maps to city plans, the men of the 16th-18th centuries drew maps which we are still admire. 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