{"product_id":"mercator-the-man-who-mapped-the-planet","title":"Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNicholas Crane\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780805066241\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHenry Holt and Co.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst American Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eAn enthralling biography of the man who created the first real map of the world and changed civilization \u003cbr\u003eBorn at the dawn of the age of discovery, Gerhard Mercator lived in an era of formidable intellectual and scientific advances. At the center of these developments were the cartographers who painstakingly pieced together the evidence to create ever more accurate pictures of the planet. Mercator was the greatest of all of them-a poor farm boy who attended one of Europe's top universities, was persecuted and imprisoned by the Inquisition, but survived to coin the term \"atlas\" and to produce the so-called projection for which he is known. Devoutly religious, yet gripped by Aristotelian science, Mercator struggled to reconcile the two, a conflict mirrored by the growing clash in Europe between humanism and the Church. \u003cbr\u003eMercator solved the dimensional riddle that had vexed cosmographers for so long: How could the three-dimensional globe be converted into a two-dimensional map while retaining true compass bearings? The projection revolutionized navigation and has become the most common worldview. \u003cbr\u003eNicholas Crane-a fellow geographer-has combined a keen eye for historical detail with a gift for vivid storytelling to produce a masterful biography of the man who mapped the planet.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet | Nicholas Crane | Hardcover | 9780805066241 | Used: Very Good | Biography 1620344","offer_id":50691949166850,"sku":"1620344","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91SdKozUmFL.jpg?v=1791522542","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/mercator-the-man-who-mapped-the-planet","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}