Mercator The Man Who Mapped the Planet
by Crane, Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0297646656
- ISBN 13
- 9780297646655
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297646656 . Light wear to top edge of dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, map endpapers ; B&W and color plates; 9.29 X 6.46 X 1.42 inches; 348 pages; "Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) was born at the dawn of the Age of Discovery, when the world was beginning to be discovered and carved up by navigators, geographers and cartographers. Mercator was the greatest and most ingenious cartographer of them all: it was he who coined the word 'atlas' and solved the riddle of converting the three-dimensional globe into a two-dimensional map while retaining true compass bearings. It is Mercator's Projection that NASA is using today to map Mars. How did Mercator reconcile his religious beliefs with a science that would make Christian maps obsolete? How did a man whose imagination roamed continents endure imprisonment by the Inquisition? Crane brings this great man vividly to life, underlying it with the maps themselves: maps that brought to a rapt public wonders as remarkable as today's cyber-world. Nick Crane's new book is a scintillating account of the climax of the map-makers' century (and of Mercator's life) - the miraculous compression of the planet which revolutionised navigation and has become the most common worldview we have." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17452
- Title
- Mercator The Man Who Mapped the Planet
- Author
- Crane, Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297646656
- ISBN 13
- 9780297646655
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 0297646656, Maps, Cartography, Mercator, Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cartography; Exploration;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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