[PDF.35qk] Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection
Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks
Home -> Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection pdf Download
Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection
Mark Monmonier
[PDF.gc25] Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection
Rhumb Lines and Map Mark Monmonier epub Rhumb Lines and Map Mark Monmonier pdf download Rhumb Lines and Map Mark Monmonier pdf file Rhumb Lines and Map Mark Monmonier audiobook Rhumb Lines and Map Mark Monmonier book review Rhumb Lines and Map Mark Monmonier summary
| #1642558 in Books | 2004-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.90 x5.25l,1.01 | File type: PDF | 256 pages||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A Basic Discussion of the Difficulty of Turning a Three-Dimensional Object (Earth) into a Two-Dimensional Presentation|By Roger D. Launius|Mark Monmonier has nearly cornered the market for popular discussion of cartographical issues. A distinguished professor at Syracuse University, Monmonier takes on here the fascinating history of the Mercator projection of the globe. This is|From Scientific American|"Any attempt to show how map projections work must include their rhetorical role, which involves goals markedly different from traditional cartographic tasks like describing boundaries, exploring patterns, and getting around. This rhetor
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 portraying the earth on a flat surface, creating the first projection to take into account the earth's roundness. As Monmonier shows, mariners benefited most from Mercator's projection, which allowed for easy navigation o...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection | Mark Monmonier. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.