Rhumb lines and map wars a social history of the Mercator projection /
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| Formaat: | Elektronisch E-boek |
| Taal: | Engels |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
c2004.
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| Online toegang: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Inhoudsopgave:
- 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.