- Mercator's sailing
- плавание по локсодромии
Англо-русский морской словарь. Б.Н. Серебрийский. 1946.
Англо-русский морской словарь. Б.Н. Серебрийский. 1946.
Mercator Cooper — House in Southampton (now used as part of the town library). Mercator Cooper (September 29, 1803 – spring 1872) was a ship s captain who is credited with the first formal American visit to Tokyo, Japan and the first formal landing on the mainland … Wikipedia
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