2004, ISBN: 9780802713773

Walker & Company. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Hard Cover. 8vo 0802713777 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks.… Mehr…

Walker & Company. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Hard Cover. 8vo 0802713777 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks.272 pages clean and tight. Dimensions: 14.5 x 74.2 x 21 cm. The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows, and no one in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of the known world. His life spanned most of the turbulent, extraordinary sixteenth century, a time when war rolled across Europe and revolutions engulfed religion, science, and civilization. Almost extinguished by the Inquisition. Mercator survived to bring his genius to making maps, and his achievement was nothing less than to revolutionize the study of geography. Appropriately for an era undergoing radical change. Mercator was full of contradiction himself, tied to knowledge and beliefs of the past, yet unafraid to forge a new path. He never traveled beyond northern Europe, yet he had the imagination to draw the entire world anew and to solve a problem that had baffled sailors and scientists for centuries: how a curved Earth could be faithfully rendered on a flat surface to allow for accurate navigation. His "projection" was so visionary that it is used by NASA to map Mars today. ., Walker & Company, 2004, 3<

2004, ISBN: 0802713777

[EAN: 9780802713773], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Walker & Company], Jacket, Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780802713773], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Walker & Company], Jacket, Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks.272 pages clean and tight. Dimensions: 14.5 x 74.2 x 21 cm. The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows, and no one in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of the known world. His life spanned most of the turbulent, extraordinary sixteenth century, a time when war rolled across Europe and revolutions engulfed religion, science, and civilization. Almost extinguished by the Inquisition. Mercator survived to bring his genius to making maps, and his achievement was nothing less than to revolutionize the study of geography. Appropriately for an era undergoing radical change. Mercator was full of contradiction himself, tied to knowledge and beliefs of the past, yet unafraid to forge a new path. He never traveled beyond northern Europe, yet he had the imagination to draw the entire world anew and to solve a problem that had baffled sailors and scientists for centuries: how a curved Earth could be faithfully rendered on a flat surface to allow for accurate navigation. His "projection" was so visionary that it is used by NASA to map Mars today. Size: 8vo, Books<

2004, ISBN: 9780802713773

Walker Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Penciled price on half title page. Very minor wear to dust jacket. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image.… Mehr…

Walker Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Penciled price on half title page. Very minor wear to dust jacket. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 291 pages., Walker Books, 2004, 4<

2004, ISBN: 9780802713773

Hardcover, 0802713777., Fine in Fine dust jacket, BIOGRAPHY|History|CARTOGRAPHY, First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket., NY:, [PU: Walker & Company,]