UID:
almahu_9949597543402882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 242 p.) :
,
ill., maps.
ISBN:
9780226534329 (ebook) :
Content:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780226534312
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
URL:
Chicago scholarship online
URL:
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