Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection - Mark Monmonier - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226534312 - October 1, 2004
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Mark Monmonier
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.

256 pages, Illustrations, maps

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 1, 2004
ISBN13 9780226534312
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 256
Dimensions 276 × 152 × 26 mm   ·   460 g

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