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1 online resource (279 pages)
ISBN:
9781443875707
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9781336096622
Content:
Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) was the most important cartographer and globemaker of the 16th century. He is particularly remembered for his publication Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (1595), and for his specific cylindrical map projection (1569), which is still used widely today. This book brings together the latest research on Mercator with a view to his sources and his relationships with other scientific disciplines and cartographers of his time, as well as his role in the wider worlds of Renaissance cartography and Humanism.
Content:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 500 YEARS OF MERCATOR -- PART 1 -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- PART 2 -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- PART 3 -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- PART 4 -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781443871532
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A world of innovation Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015 ISBN 9781443871532
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1443871532
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
Keywords:
Mercator, Gerhard 1512-1594
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Kartografie
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Geschichte 1500-1600
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
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Author information:
Zotti, Georg
Author information:
Holzer, Gerhard 1958-
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