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Reader's Digest Natural Wonders of the World

By: N/A

Price: $6.95

Publisher: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.: April 1988

Seller ID: 306044

ISBN: 0895770873

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Reader's Digest Natural Wonders of the World

By: N/A

Price: $6.95

Publisher: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.: April 1988

Seller ID: 306051

ISBN: 0895770873

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geography

By: Andrew Taylor

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Walker Books: November 2004

Seller ID: 331685

ISBN: 0802713777

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A biography of the mapmaker who revolutionized geography The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows," writes Andrew Taylor, and "none in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of what could be comprehended." His life encompassed most of the turbulent, extraordinary sixteenth century, a time when revolutions would engulf religion, science, and civilization. Almost extinguished by the Inquisition, Mercator's genius lay in making maps, and his achievement did nothing less than revolutionize the study of geography.
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Category: Geography/Maps

Reader's Digest Natural Wonders of the World

Reader's Digest Natural Wonders of the World

The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geography