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Rhumb lines and map wars : a social history of the Mercator projection /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monmonier, Mark S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Mercator projection (Cartography)
Cartography > Social aspects.
Loxodrome.
Peters projection (Cartography)
Navigation.
Table of Contents:
  • Bearings straight: an introduction
  • Early sailing charts
  • Mercator's résumé
  • Revealing replicas
  • The Wright approach
  • Travelers' aide
  • Soldiering on
  • On track
  • Wall maps and worldviews
  • Size matters
  • Points of view.