Gerard Mercator, The World of, The Mapmaker who Revolutionized Geography

Taylor, Andrew:

ISBN 10: 0802713777 / ISBN 13: 9780802713773

Published by New York Walker & Company, 2004

About this Item

First edition in near mint condition, in mint unclipped dustjacket. Small black remainder mark on base. (Book ref 2782).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gerard Mercator, The World of, The Mapmaker who Revolutionized Geography
• Publisher: New York Walker & Company
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802713777
• ISBN 13: 9780802713773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.