Presents the life of the Dutch mapmaker who, in solving the problem of how to render a curved Earth on a flat surface, revolutionized mapmaking and paved the way for the accurate navigations of later explorers.
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Andrew Taylor is a historian and the author of God's Fugitive, a biography of the great British explorer C. M. Doughty. He lives in England.
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Walker Books, 2004. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Seller Inventory # 531849