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Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) was born at the dawn of the Age of Discovery, when the world was beginning to be discovered and carved up by navigators, geographers and cartographers. Mercator was the greatest and most ingenious cartographer of them all: it was he who coined the word 'atlas' and solved the riddle of converting the three-dimensional globe into a two-dimensional map while retaining true compass bearings. It is Mercator's Projection that NASA are using today to map Mars.
How did Mercator reconcile his religious beliefs with a science that would make Christian maps obsolete? How did a man whose imagination roamed continents endure imprisonment by the Inquisition? Crane brings this great man vividly to life, underlying it with the maps themselves: maps that brought to a rapt public wonders as remarkable as today's cyber-world.
Nick Crane's new book is a scintillating account of the climax of the map-makers¿ century (and of Mercator¿s life) - the miraculous compression of the planet which revolutionised navigation and has become the most common worldview we have.
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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) was born at the dawn of the Age of Discovery, when the world was beginning to be discovered and carved up by navigators, geographers and cartographers. Mercator was the greatest and most ingenious cartographer of them all: it was he who coined the word 'atlas' and solved the riddle of converting the three-dimensional globe into a two-dimensional map while retaining true compass bearings. It is Mercator's Projection that NASA is using today to map Mars. How did Mercator reconcile his religious beliefs with a science that would make Christian maps obsolete? How did a man whose imagination roamed continents endure imprisonment by the Inquisition? Crane brings this great man vividly to life, underlying it with the maps themselves: maps that brought to a rapt public wonders as remarkable as today's cyber-world. Nick Crane's new book is a scintillating account of the climax of the map-makers' century (and of Mercator's life) - the miraculous compression of the planet which revolutionised navigation and has become the most common worldview we have. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR001998174
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Buchbeschreibung Softback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. 2002-06-27. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Softback. VERY GOOD. Artikel-Nr. 1943582
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Buchbeschreibung The Man who mapped the Planet Gewicht in Gramm: 550 leichte äußere Gebrauchsspuren, vereinzelt Bleistiftanstreichungen. Artikel-Nr. 61350
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Buchbeschreibung Hardback. 2nd Impression. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 348 pages. Artikel-Nr. 322960
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Antiquarian. Wiedenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2002. 4th impr. XIII,348,(VIII),VIII)p. ills.(B&W as well as full colour reproduction, pictures and line drawings). Hardbound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Antiquarian. Artikel-Nr. 53908
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