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| Title |
Rhumb lines and map wars [electronic resource] : a social history of the Mercator projection / Mark Monmonier. |
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| Imprint |
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004. |
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| Axe ProQuest E-Book
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Electronic Book |
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Available |
| Description |
xiv, 242 p. : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-229) and index. |
| Contents |
Bearings straight? an introduction -- Early sailing charts -- Mercator's resume -- Revealing replicas -- The Wright approach -- Travelers' aide -- Soldiering on -- On track -- Wall maps and worldviews -- Size matters -- Points of view. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Mercator projection (Cartography)
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Cartography -- Social aspects.
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Loxodrome.
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Peters projection (Cartography)
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Navigation.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0226534316 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226534312 |
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9780226534329 (electronic bk.) |
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