Mercator
The Man Who Mapped the Planet
(Sprache: Englisch)
Gerard 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 ingeniouscartographer of them all: it was he...
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Gerard 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 are using today to map Mars. How did Mercator reconcile his religious
beliefs with a science that would make Christian maps obsolete?...
Autoren-Porträt von Nicholas Crane
Nicholas Crane is a geographer, adventurer and prize-winning writer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Nicholas Crane
- 2003, XV, 397 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 12,9 x 2,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: PHOENIX
- ISBN-10: 075381692X
- ISBN-13: 9780753816929
Sprache:
Englisch
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