cartographers

A biography of the sixteenth-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who invented a method of projecting the curvature of the Earth's surface on to a flat sheet of paper. Includes photographs, a time line, a list of resources, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Presents a biography on the life of sixteenth-century cartographer, Gerard Mercator, who drew the entire curved earth on a flat surface allowing for more accurate navigation by sailors and scientists.

Valen, the rebellious son of a pureblood cartographer and a diviner, is left for dead in the rainy wilderness, where he becomes addicted to a magic that transforms pain into pleasure, but his addiction soon threatens his ability to protect a stolen book of maps that lead to the realm of angels.

An examination of the professional and personal life of Marie Tharp, a geologist and oceanographic cartographer who mapped the ocean floor.

In 1760, thirteen-year-old John MacNeil leaves England and becomes a cartographer of the Canadian wilderness.

Two thousand years after the shattering of planet Earth, mapper Rocketo Garrison explores the New World and its Hidden Seas. Presented in graphic novel format.

Reproductions of 167 maps originally published from the 16th to 19th centuries, with biographical sketches of the map makers.

Chronicles the efforts of early explorers to map the globe.

Presents an illustrated history of cartography and discusses how early maps reflected their makers' worldviews and the beliefs of the period. Includes illustrations of rare mapping artifacts, informative essays, and eighty-seven color reproductions of maps.