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MapThe word map originates from the Latin mappa mundi, which literally translates to 'map of the world' but derives from mappa, meaning napkin or cloth.
NavigationIn the Marshall Islands, navigators created stick charts that were not maps in the traditional sense but physical models of ocean swells and island positions.