Mercator: The Man who Mapped the Planet

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pp. 397, contains several color illustrations throughout. “The author brings this great man vividly to life, underlying it with the maps themselves: maps that brought to a rapt public wonders as remarkable as today’s cyber-world. Nick Crane’s new book is a scintillating account of the climax of the map-makers’ century (and of Mercator’s life) – the miraculous compression of the planet which revolutionised navigation and has become the most common worldview we have.”

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Book Information

ISBN 075381692x
ISBN13 9780753816929
Number of pages 397
Original Title Mercator: The Man who Mapped the Planet
Published Date 2003
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition no dustjacket
Binding paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication London
Edition First Edition
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pp. 397, contains several color illustrations throughout. “The author brings this great man vividly to life, underlying it with the maps themselves: maps that brought to a rapt public wonders as remarkable as today’s cyber-world. Nick Crane’s new book is a scintillating account of the climax of the map-makers’ century (and of Mercator’s life) – the miraculous compression of the planet which revolutionised navigation and has become the most common worldview we have.”

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Weight 1 kg