The World Of Gerard Mercator
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Mercator
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Author : Dirk Imhof
language : en
Publisher: Exhibitions International
Release Date : 2012
Mercator written by Dirk Imhof and has been published by Exhibitions International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Discoveries in geography categories.
The European perspective opened up markedly in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as a whole new world unfolded. Explorers, traders and diplomats committed their travelling experiences to paper in journals and reports. They sketched out their impressions of recently discovered territories, making it possible for us today to see how they viewed other cultures at that time. These travel narratives may have been embroidered with a certain degree of fantasy at times, nevertheless, they also frequently provided precise descriptions of exotic regions.\nThey were important sources of information for cartography, which underwent an explosive evolution as a result. Navigational knowledge also grew considerably as a consequence of the traveller's urge to explore. After all, maritime expansion on a vast scale led to a need for new techniques and instruments in order to reach destinations quickly and safely. The development of cartography, in which Gerard Mercator played a pivotal role, was in turn responsible for expanding the mobility of Europeans as a whole. It was not uncommon for adventurous sixteenth-century travellers to embark on lengthy journeys as part of a trade mission or in connection with their education. One such young adventurer was Balthasar III Moretus. He made several journeys throughout Europe, including one to Italy, and kept journals of his observations on the way. Mercator: Exploring New Horizons maps out literally and figuratively this fascinating period of interplay between European travelling behaviour and the development of cartography.
Five Hundred Years Mercator A Window On The World
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Author : Inge Panneels
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-05-29
Five Hundred Years Mercator A Window On The World written by Inge Panneels and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-29 with Maps in art categories.
Map-I: Mercator Revisited' is a collection of artworks by Inge Panneels, produced in glass, which offers a contemporary interpretation of globes, atlases and maps by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. Inge Panneels, a Flemish artist, living in Scotland and working in England, was the first artist in residence of the Mercator Museum in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Mercator
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Author : Nicholas Crane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Mercator written by Nicholas Crane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
A History Of The World In 12 Maps
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Author : Jerry Brotton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-11-14
A History Of The World In 12 Maps written by Jerry Brotton and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-14 with History categories.
A New York Times Bestseller “Maps allow the armchair traveler to roam the world, the diplomat to argue his points, the ruler to administer his country, the warrior to plan his campaigns and the propagandist to boost his cause… rich and beautiful.” – Wall Street Journal Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today. He vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world. Brotton shows how each of his maps both influenced and reflected contemporary events and how, by considering it in all its nuances and omissions, we can better understand the world that produced it. Although the way we map our surroundings is more precise than ever before, Brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been. Readers of this beautifully illustrated and masterfully argued book will never look at a map in quite the same way again. “A fascinating and panoramic new history of the cartographer’s art.” – The Guardian “The intellectual background to these images is conveyed with beguiling erudition…. There is nothing more subversive than a map.” – The Spectator “A mesmerizing and beautifully illustrated book.” —The Telegraph
G Rard Mercator Sa Vie Et Ses Oeuvres
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Author : J. van Raemdonck
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
G Rard Mercator Sa Vie Et Ses Oeuvres written by J. van Raemdonck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with Cartographers categories.
Gerardus MercatorGerardus Mercator (oorspronkelijk Gerard De Kremer of De Cremer; Latijn: Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus, "Gerard de Kremer van Rupelmonde") (Rupelmonde, 5 maart 1512 - Duisburg, 2 december 1594) was een cartograaf, instrumentmaker en graveur, die al tijdens zijn leven als de "Ptolemaeus van zijn tijd" beschouwd werd.[bron?] Hij paste als eerste een hoekgetrouwe kaartprojectie toe; later naar hem mercatorprojectie genoemd.Mercator zag zichzelf veel meer als een wetenschappelijk kosmograaf, dan als iemand die met het maken en verkopen van kaarten zijn brood moest verdienen. Zijn productie was niet erg uitgebreid. Hij is bekend van een globepaar, een vijftal wandkaarten en een onvoltooide kosmografie. Daarnaast introduceerde hij het woord atlas. Dit woord omvatte destijds alle kaarten van de kosmos; dus van zowel het heelal als de aarde.Zijn producten, die Mercator voornamelijk in de Duitse Rijnstad Duisburg vervaardigde, hadden voor de latere commerciële kaartmakers in de Nederlanden een significante invloed.