Rhumb lines and map wars [electronic resource] : a social history of the Mercator projection / Mark Monmonier.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 242 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 526/.82 22
- GA115 .M66 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-229) and index.
Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's résumé -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and worldviews -- Size matters -- Points of view.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.