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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Monmonier, Mark S.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Sujets:
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.
Mercator-Projektion
Cartografie.
Mercatorprojectie.
Sociale aspecten.
Culturele aspecten.
Aspect social.
Loxodromie.
Cartographie.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Bearings straight? an introduction
  • Early sailing charts
  • Mercator's résumé
  • Revealing replicas
  • The Wright approach
  • Travelers' aide
  • Soldiering on
  • On track
  • Wall maps and worldviews
  • Size matters
  • Points of view.

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