Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 0226534316 ISBN 13: 9780226534312
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, USA
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Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 0226534316 ISBN 13: 9780226534312
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
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Verlag: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, 2004
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
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Monmonier, Mark S. Rhumb lines and map wars: a social history of the Mercator projection. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, 1st printing number line 12345, xiv, 242pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $25.00, very good black cloth. An account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy examines the limitations and uses of Mercator's clever method of portraying the earth on a flat surface while taking into account the earth's actual roundness. - CONTENTS: Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's résumé -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and world views -- Size matters -- Points of view. 9780226534312 ISBN 0226534316.