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Rhumb lines and map wars [electronic resource] : a social history of the Mercator projection / Mark Monmonier.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 242 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 526/.82 22
LOC classification:
  • GA115 .M66 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

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