Rhumb lines and map wars [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of the Mercator projection / / Mark Monmonier |
Autore | Monmonier Mark S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 526/.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Mercator projection (Cartography)
Cartography - Social aspects Loxodrome Peters projection (Cartography) Navigation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-90461-2
9786612904615 0-226-53432-4 |
Classificazione | ND 8570 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's résumé -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and worldviews -- Size matters -- Points of view. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459090203321 |
Monmonier Mark S | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rhumb lines and map wars : a social history of the Mercator projection / / Mark Monmonier |
Autore | Monmonier Mark S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 526/.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Mercator projection (Cartography)
Cartography - Social aspects Loxodrome Peters projection (Cartography) Navigation |
Soggetto non controllato | maps, mapping, mapmaking, society, historical, academic, scholarly, research, illustrated, controversial, controversy, flemish, cartography, cartographer, gerard mercator, legacy, life story, 1500s, earth, flat, round, mariner, sea, seafaring, sailor, direction, compass, 19th, century, atlas, geopolitical, propaganda, colonialism, colonial, criticism, innovation |
ISBN |
1-282-90461-2
9786612904615 0-226-53432-4 |
Classificazione | ND 8570 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's résumé -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and worldviews -- Size matters -- Points of view. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785454203321 |
Monmonier Mark S | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rhumb lines and map wars : a social history of the Mercator projection / / Mark Monmonier |
Autore | Monmonier Mark S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 526/.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Mercator projection (Cartography)
Cartography - Social aspects Loxodrome Peters projection (Cartography) Navigation |
Soggetto non controllato | maps, mapping, mapmaking, society, historical, academic, scholarly, research, illustrated, controversial, controversy, flemish, cartography, cartographer, gerard mercator, legacy, life story, 1500s, earth, flat, round, mariner, sea, seafaring, sailor, direction, compass, 19th, century, atlas, geopolitical, propaganda, colonialism, colonial, criticism, innovation |
ISBN |
1-282-90461-2
9786612904615 0-226-53432-4 |
Classificazione | ND 8570 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's résumé -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and worldviews -- Size matters -- Points of view. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825981903321 |
Monmonier Mark S | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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