The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography
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Andrew Taylor. The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Pushing Back Shadows
Chapter Two Forgotten Wisdom
Chapter Three A Small Town on the River Scheldt
Chapter Four Among the Brethren of the Common Life
Chapter Five At the College of the Castle
Chapter Six Doubts and Dangers
Chapter Seven Gemma’s Globe
Chapter Eight Craftsman and Cartographer
Chapter Nine The Greatest Globe in the World
Chapter Ten In the Hands of the Inquisition
Chapter Eleven Two New Arrivals
Chapter Twelve A New Life
Chapter Thirteen Our Europe
Chapter Fourteen A Mysterious Commission
Chapter Fifteen In the Forests of Lorraine
Chapter Sixteen Tragedy
Chapter Seventeen The Sum of Human Knowledge
Chapter Eighteen The World Hung on the Wall: The Projection
Chapter Nineteen Presenting Ptolemy to the World
Chapter Twenty A “Thick Myste of Ignorance” Dispelled
Chapter Twenty-one The Geography of the World
Chapter Twenty-two The Gathering Dark
Afterword
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Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Praise
Also by the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: The Gathering Dark
Afterword
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