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Search - The World of Gerard Mercator : The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geography

The World of Gerard Mercator The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geography
Author: Andrew Taylor

A biography of the mapmaker who revolutionized geography — The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows,” writes Andrew Taylor, and “none in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of what could be comprehended.” His life encompassed most of the turbulent... more »

ISBN-13: 9780802713773
ISBN-10: 0802713777
Publication Date: 11/1/2004
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Walker Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Gerard Mercator (Primary Character)

Gemma Frisius (Average Character)

John Dee (Minor Character)

Emperor Charles V (Minor Character)

Genres:

Biographies & Memoirs >> Historical >> General
Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Adventurers & Explorers
History >> Europe >> General
History >> World >> Renaissance
Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Geography
Engineering & Transportation >> Professional Science >> Earth Sciences >> Geography

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