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Gerardus Mercator

Father of Modern Mapmaking

Gerardus Mercator( )
Author: Heinrichs, Ann
Contribution by: Karrow, Robert W.
Palmer, Rosemary G.
Series title:Signature Lives Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7565-3312-0
Publication Date:Jul 2007
Publisher:Capstone
Imprint:Compass Point Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $39.95
Book Description:

Sixteenth-century geographer Gerardus Mercator was born in 1512 in Rupelmonde, Flanders. He lived during a time of religious strife and for a time was imprisoned for heresy. Mercator began his career as a maker of mathematical instruments, but he won lasting renown with his world map of 1569, which introduced a new way of showing the spherical earth on a flat sheet of paper. This method, called the Mercator projection, is still used today. His 1585 book, titled Atlas, was the first to...
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Book Details
Pages:112
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Geography
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Art
Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 0.762 cm
Book Weight:0.354 Kilograms



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