Author: ANDREW TAYLOR
Title: The World of Gerard Mercator. The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography
Description: Harper Perennial, 2005. Paperback. Pp: 288. The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic. The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows, and no one in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of the known world. His life spanned most of the turbulent, extraordinary sixteenth century, a time when war rolled across Europe and revolutions engulfed religion, science, and civilization. Almost extinguished by the Inquisition, Mercator survived to bring his genius to making maps, and his achievement was nothing less than to revolutionize the study of geography. Appropriately for an era undergoing radical change, Mercator was full of contradiction himself, tied to knowledge and beliefs of the past, yet unafraid to forge a new path. He never travelled beyond northern Europe, yet he had the imagination to draw the entire world anew and to solve a problem that had baffled sailors and scientists for centuries: how a curved Earth could be faithfully rendered on a flat surface to allow for accurate navigation. ISBN: 9780007100811. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780007100811
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Title: The World of Gerard Mercator. The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography
Description: Harper Perennial, 2005. Paperback. Pp: 288. The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic. The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows, and no one in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of the known world. His life spanned most of the turbulent, extraordinary sixteenth century, a time when war rolled across Europe and revolutions engulfed religion, science, and civilization. Almost extinguished by the Inquisition, Mercator survived to bring his genius to making maps, and his achievement was nothing less than to revolutionize the study of geography. Appropriately for an era undergoing radical change, Mercator was full of contradiction himself, tied to knowledge and beliefs of the past, yet unafraid to forge a new path. He never travelled beyond northern Europe, yet he had the imagination to draw the entire world anew and to solve a problem that had baffled sailors and scientists for centuries: how a curved Earth could be faithfully rendered on a flat surface to allow for accurate navigation. ISBN: 9780007100811. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780007100811
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- Book number: 1880133
- Book number: 1880133
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