Gerardus Mercator: Father of Modern Mapmaking
Book Description
Sixteenth-century geographer Gerardus Mercator was born in 1512 in Rupelmonde, Flanders. He lived during a time of religious strife and for a time was imprisoned for heresy. Mercator began his career as a maker of mathematical instruments, but he won lasting renown with his world map of 1569, which introduced a new way of showing the spherical earth on a flat sheet of paper. This method, called th... More
Book Information
Publisher | Compass Point Books |
Binding | Library Binding |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 112 |
ISBN-10 | 0756533120 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0756533120 |
Publication Date | 01/01/2008 |
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