Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection by Mark Monmonier

Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection

Mark Monmonier

256 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In Rhumb Lines and Map Wars, Mark Monmonier offers an insightful, richly illustrated account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy. He takes us back to 1569, when Mercator announced a clever method of portr...

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