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Rhumb Lines and Map Wars

- A Social History of the Mercator Projection

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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.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226534312
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 256
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. oktober 2004
  • Størrelse:
  • 276x152x26 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 460 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
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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.

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