Mercator
Subtitle: The Man Who Mapped the Planet
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: January 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780805066241
Subjects: History; Scientists - General; Cartography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Netherlands; Biography/Autobiography; Mercator, Gerhard,; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; 1512-1594; Biography; Cartographers
First sentence: From the blank plateau, the travellers passed through an arched gateway into an interior world seething with humans and animals.