Mercator S World
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Rhumb Lines And Map Wars
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Author : Mark Monmonier
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-11-15
Rhumb Lines And Map Wars written by Mark Monmonier and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-15 with Science categories.
In Rhumb Lines and Map Wars, Mark Monmonier offers an insightful, richly 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 projection to take into account the earth's roundness. As Monmonier shows, mariners benefited most from Mercator's projection, which allowed for easy navigation of the high seas with rhumb lines—clear-cut routes with a constant compass bearing—for true direction. But the projection's popularity among nineteenth-century sailors led to its overuse—often in inappropriate, non-navigational ways—for wall maps, world atlases, and geopolitical propaganda. Because it distorts the proportionate size of countries, the Mercator map was criticized for inflating Europe and North America in a promotion of colonialism. In 1974, German historian Arno Peters proffered his own map, on which countries were ostensibly drawn in true proportion to one another. In the ensuing "map wars" of the 1970s and 1980s, these dueling projections vied for public support—with varying degrees of success. Widely acclaimed for his accessible, intelligent books on maps and mapping, Monmonier here examines the uses and limitations of one of cartography's most significant innovations. With informed skepticism, he offers insightful interpretations of why well-intentioned clerics and development advocates rallied around the Peters projection, which flagrantly distorted the shape of Third World nations; why journalists covering the controversy ignored alternative world maps and other key issues; and how a few postmodern writers defended the Peters worldview with a self-serving overstatement of the power of maps. Rhumb Lines and Map Wars is vintage Monmonier: historically rich, beautifully written, and fully engaged with the issues of our time.
A World Of Innovation
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Author : Gerhard Holzer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2015-02-27
A World Of Innovation written by Gerhard Holzer and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594) was the most important cartographer and globemaker of the 16th century. He is particularly remembered for his publication Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (1595), and for his specific cylindrical map projection (1569), which is still used widely today. This book brings together the latest research on Mercator with a view to his sources and his relationships with other scientific disciplines and cartographers of his time, as well as his role in the wider worlds of Renaissance cartography and Humanism.
The World Of Gerard Mercator
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Author : Andrew Taylor
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 2004
The World Of Gerard Mercator written by Andrew Taylor and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gerard Mercator created the most-used map of all time. Mercator's Projection is still the standard view of the world. This text examines the evolution of mapmaking from art to science that forms the backdrop to the story of Mercator.
Mercator
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Author : Nicholas Crane
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-12-16
Mercator written by Nicholas Crane and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of the genius who mapped the world and for ever changed the face of the planet - by a bestselling author. Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) was born at the dawn of the Age of Discovery, when the world was beginning to be discovered and carved up by navigators, geographers and cartographers. Mercator was the greatest and most ingenious cartographer of them all: it was he who coined the word 'atlas' and solved the riddle of converting the three-dimensional globe into a two-dimensional map while retaining true compass bearings. It is Mercator's Projection that NASA are using today to map Mars. How did Mercator reconcile his religious beliefs with a science that would make Christian maps obsolete? How did a man whose imagination roamed continents endure imprisonment by the Inquisition? Crane brings this great man vividly to life, underlying it with colour illustrations of the maps themselves: maps that brought to a rapt public wonders as remarkable as today's cyber-world.
Gerard Mercator S Map Of The World 1569 In The Form Of An Atlas In The Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik At Rotterdam
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Author : Gerard Mercator
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Gerard Mercator S Map Of The World 1569 In The Form Of An Atlas In The Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik At Rotterdam written by Gerard Mercator and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
Gerardus Mercator
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Author : Ann Heinrichs
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2007-07
Gerardus Mercator written by Ann Heinrichs and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A biography of the sixteenth-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who invented a method of projecting the curvature of the Earth's surface on to a flat sheet of paper.
An Accompaniment To Mitchell S Map Of The World
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Author : Samuel Augustus Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1837
An Accompaniment To Mitchell S Map Of The World written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1837 with Geography categories.
An Accompaniment To Mitchell S Map Of The World On Mercator S Projection
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Author : Samuel Augustus Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
An Accompaniment To Mitchell S Map Of The World On Mercator S Projection written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with Geography categories.
Mapping The World
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Author : Sylvia A. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1999
Mapping The World written by Sylvia A. Johnson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Cartography categories.
A history of mapmaking showing how maps both reflect and change people's view of the world.
An Accompaniment To Mitchell S Map Of The World
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Author : Samuel Augustus Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1839
An Accompaniment To Mitchell S Map Of The World written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1839 with Geography categories.