The art of limiting distortion.(Rhumb Lines and Map Wars)(The World of Gerald Mercator)(The Map Book)(Book Review)

Publication: Spectator

Publication Date: 29-OCT-05

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RHUMB LINES AND MAP WARS by Mark Monmonnier University of Chicago Press, 15 [pounds sterling], pp. 242, ISBN 0226534316

THE WORLD OF GERALD MERCATOR by Andrew Taylor HarperPerennial, 8.99 [pounds sterling], pp. 291, ISBN 0007100809

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THE MAP Book edited by Peter Barber Weidenfeld, 25 [pounds sterling], pp. 360 ISBN 0297843729

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He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand. 'What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?' So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply, 'They are merely conventional signs!'...

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