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- catalog abstract "Explores the life of Gerhard Mercator, who created the map and solved the dimensional riddle that plagued cosmographers for years, revealing a man who attended one of Europe's top universities but was persecuted by the Inquisition.".
- catalog contributor b12465156.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description "Explores the life of Gerhard Mercator, who created the map and solved the dimensional riddle that plagued cosmographers for years, revealing a man who attended one of Europe's top universities but was persecuted by the Inquisition.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-338) and index.".
- catalog description "List of illustrations -- A personal note to the reader -- 1. A little town called Gangelt -- 2. Promised lands -- 3. To the water margin -- 4. The castle -- 5. Triangulation -- 6. The mathematical jewel and other suitable tools -- 7. Neither known nor explored -- 8. Celestial maidens -- 9. Terrae Sanctae -- 10. Naming America -- 11. The fall of Ghent -- 12. Latin letters -- 13. A more complete globe -- 14. Enemy at the ramparts -- 15. The most unjust persecution -- 16. The slight youth from the north -- 17. Somewhere worthy of the muses -- 18. Frankfurt fair -- 19. Spies and cardinals -- 20. René's domain -- 21. Hunters in the snow -- 22. A study of the whole universe -- 23. Time ... -- 24. ... and place -- 25. 'liketh, loveth, getteth and useth' -- 26. Ptolemy corrected -- 27. Adorn your Britannia! -- 28. The new geography -- 29. Apocalypse -- 30. Atlas -- 31. Creation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chronology of Mercator's principal works -- Select bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 348 p. , [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0805066241 (hc)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : H. Holt,".
- catalog spatial "Netherlands".
- catalog subject "526/.092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Cartographers Netherlands Biography.".
- catalog subject "GA923.5.M5 C73 2003".
- catalog subject "Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.".
- catalog tableOfContents "List of illustrations -- A personal note to the reader -- 1. A little town called Gangelt -- 2. Promised lands -- 3. To the water margin -- 4. The castle -- 5. Triangulation -- 6. The mathematical jewel and other suitable tools -- 7. Neither known nor explored -- 8. Celestial maidens -- 9. Terrae Sanctae -- 10. Naming America -- 11. The fall of Ghent -- 12. Latin letters -- 13. A more complete globe -- 14. Enemy at the ramparts -- 15. The most unjust persecution -- 16. The slight youth from the north -- 17. Somewhere worthy of the muses -- 18. Frankfurt fair -- 19. Spies and cardinals -- 20. René's domain -- 21. Hunters in the snow -- 22. A study of the whole universe -- 23. Time ... -- 24. ... and place -- 25. 'liketh, loveth, getteth and useth' -- 26. Ptolemy corrected -- 27. Adorn your Britannia! -- 28. The new geography -- 29. Apocalypse -- 30. Atlas -- 31. Creation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chronology of Mercator's principal works -- Select bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Mercator : the man who mapped the planet / Nicholas Crane.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".