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Rhumb Lines and Map Wars

A Social History of the Mercator Projection

af Mark Monmonier

Bog, Hardback, Engelsk, 2004

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.

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • IndbindingHardback
  • ISBN9780226534312
  • Udgivet1/10/2004
  • Udgivet afThe University of Chicago Press
  • Længde256 sider
  • ForfatterMark Monmonier
  • GenreHobby og fritid, Natur