Gerardus Mercator : father of modern mapmaking / by Ann Heinrichs.

Author/creator Heinrichs, Ann
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, ©2008.
Description112 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesSignature lives
Signature lives. ^A593852
Contents Behind prison walls -- Days of hunger -- Leaving home -- University life -- Settling problems, learning a trade -- Putting the world on paper -- Most unjust persecution -- History of the universe -- Making the curved earth flat -- Weaving the fabric of the world -- Life and times -- Life at a glance Additional resources -- Glossary -- Source notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- Image credits.
Abstract A biography of the sixteenth-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who invented a method of projecting the curvature of the Earth's surface on to a flat sheet of paper.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 103-104, 106-108) and index.
LCCN 2007004902
ISBN9780756533120 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN0756533120 (lib. bdg.)

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