Rhumb lines and map wars a social history of the Mercator projection /

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Autor Principal: Monmonier, Mark S.
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.