Rhumb lines and map wars : a social history of the Mercator projection

Author(s)

• Monmonier, Mark S.

Bibliographic Information

Rhumb lines and map wars : a social history of the Mercator projection

Mark Monmonier

University of Chicago Press, 2004

Note

Bibliography: p. 207-229

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BA7010139X
• ISBN:
  • 0226534316
• LCCN: 2003027614
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 242 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GA115
  • DC22 : 526/.82
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mercator projection (Cartography)
  • LCSH : Cartography -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Loxodrome
  • LCSH : Peters projection (Cartography)
  • LCSH : Navigation