02067nam 2200481 450 991080975890332120230426191947.01-4438-7570-8(CKB)3710000000370569(SSID)ssj0001473287(PQKBManifestationID)11785518(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001473287(PQKBWorkID)11456792(PQKB)11679420(Au-PeEL)EBL3051779(CaPaEBR)ebr11026101(CaONFJC)MIL740948(OCoLC)904425185(MiAaPQ)EBC3051779(EXLCZ)99371000000037056920150317h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWorld of innovation cartography in the time of Gerhard Mercator /editors, Gerhard Holzer [et al.]Newcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2015.1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages) illustrations, charts, mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4438-7153-2 Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) was the most important cartographer and globemaker of the 16th century. He is particularly remembered for his publication Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (1595), and for his specific cylindrical map projection (1569), which is still used widely today. This book brings together the latest research on Mercator with a view to his sources and his relationships with other scientific disciplines and cartographers of his time, as well as his role in the wider worlds of Renaissance cartography and Humanism.CartographyHistory16th centuryCartographyHistory526.092Holzer GerhardMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809758903321World of innovation3921573UNINA