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Boston: O. Everett, 1824. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 9pp extract, salvaged from a damaged issue of The North American Review, Volume XVIII, No. 43, April, 1824. A contemporary review of the scarce titles published in Philadelphia, 1823, and Fielding Lucas, Baltimore, 1823, respectively. Housed in protective mylar report cover..
The World on Mercator's Projection de TANNER, H.[enry] S.[chenck] (1786-1858) - 1823
de TANNER, H.[enry] S.[chenck] (1786-1858)
The World on Mercator's Projection
de TANNER, H.[enry] S.[chenck] (1786-1858)
- Usado
Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1823. Copper-engraved map, with full original color, n very good condition. A World map by one of America's first great cartographers The objective of depicting a three dimensional sphere on a two dimensional sheet of paper has challenged mapmakers since Classical times. Mercator's solution was to straighten all of the longitudinal meridians, making them perpendicular to the lines of latitude. The consequence of this projection was that while lands close to the Equator assumed a relatively realistic form, lands closer to the poles attained a progressively attenuated and exaggeratedly large appearance. The map reflects the great improvements in geographical understanding in the wake of the epic sea voyages of the late eighteenth-century, most notably those by Cook, La Perouse and Vancouver.
- Librería Donald Heald Rare Books (US)
- Estado del libro Usado
- Cantidad disponible 1
- Editorial H. S. Tanner
- Lugar de publicación Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación 1823