Monmonier, Mark S.
Rhumb lines and map wars a social history of the Mercator projection / [electronic resource] : Mark Monmonier. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004. - xiv, 242 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-229) and index.
Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's r�esum�e -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and worldviews -- Size matters -- Points of view.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Mercator projection (Cartography)
Cartography--Social aspects.
Loxodrome.
Peters projection (Cartography)
Navigation.
Electronic books.
GA115 / .M66 2004eb
526/.82
Rhumb lines and map wars a social history of the Mercator projection / [electronic resource] : Mark Monmonier. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004. - xiv, 242 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-229) and index.
Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's r�esum�e -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and worldviews -- Size matters -- Points of view.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Mercator projection (Cartography)
Cartography--Social aspects.
Loxodrome.
Peters projection (Cartography)
Navigation.
Electronic books.
GA115 / .M66 2004eb
526/.82