The world of Gerard Mercator : the mapmaker who revolutionized geography /: the mapmaker who revolutionized geography. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Taylor.
• Other Names: Taylor, Andrew, 1952-
• Contents: Pushing back shadows -- Forgotten wisdom -- A small town on the river Scheldt -- Among the brethren of the common life -- At the college of the castle -- Doubts and dangers -- Gemma's globe -- Craftsman and cartographer -- The greatest globe in the world -- In the hands of the inquisition -- Two new arrivals -- A new life -- Our Europe -- A mysterious commission -- In the forests of Lorraine -- Tragedy -- The sum of human knowledge -- The world hung on the wall: the projection -- Presenting ptolemy to the world -- A "thick myste of ignorance' dispelled -- The geography of the world -- The gathering dark.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 291 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 526/.092 B; Geography; Cartographers -- Netherlands -- Biography; Cartography -- History -- 16th century; Cartographes -- Pays-Bas -- Biographies; Cartographie -- Histoire -- 16e siècle; Cartographers; Cartography; Cartografie; Biography & Autobiography -- Adventurers & Explorers; Biography: general; Netherlands; Electronic books; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802718068
• Related ISBNs: 080271806X; 0802713777; 9780802713773
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.