An edition of Mercator (2002)
Mercator
The Man Who Mapped the Planet
By Nicholas Crane
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Publish Date
January 2, 2003
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Language
eng
Pages
368
Description:
Explores the life of Gerhard Mercator, who created the map and solved the dimensional riddle that plagued cosmographers for years, revealing a man who attended one of Europe's top universities but was persecuted by the Inquisition.
subjects: Cartographers, Biography, Cartography, History, New York Times reviewed, Mercator, gerhard, 1512-1594, Cartography, history
People: Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594)
Places: Netherlands, Belgium
Times: 16th century