Rhumb lines and map wars : a social history of the Mercator projection /

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"In Rhumb Lines and Map Wars, Mark Monmonier offers an illustrated account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy. He takes us back to 1569, when Mercator announced a clever method of portraying the earth on a flat surface, creating the first project...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Monmonier, Mark S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Mercator projection (Cartography)
Cartography > Social aspects.
Loxodrome.
Peters projection (Cartography)
Navigation.
Projection de Mercator.
Cartographie > Aspect social.
Loxodromies.
Projection de Peters.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Loxodrome
Navigation
Mercator-Projektion
Cartografie.
Mercatorprojectie.
Sociale aspecten.
Culturele aspecten.
Aspect social.
Loxodromie.
Cartographie.
maps, mapping, mapmaking, society, historical, academic, scholarly, research, illustrated, controversial, controversy, flemish, cartography, cartographer, gerard mercator, legacy, life story, 1500s, earth, flat, round, mariner, sea, seafaring, sailor, direction, compass, 19th, century, atlas, geopolitical, propaganda, colonialism, colonial, criticism, innovation.
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