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A World of Innovation

Cartography in the Time of Gerhard Mercator

Edited By: Gerhard Holzer, Valerie Newby, Petra Svatek

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Gerhard Mercator was the 16th century's most important cartographer, famed for his Atlas and the map projection still used today. This book presents the latest research on his sources, his relationships, and his role in Renaissance cartography and Humanism.

Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594) was the most important cartographer and globemaker of the 16th century. He is particularly remembered for his publication Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes…

Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594) was the most important cartographer and globemaker of the 16th century. He is particularly remembered for his publication Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (1595), and for his specific cylindrical map projection (1569), which is still used widely today. This book brings together the latest research on Mercator with a view to his sources and his relationships with other scientific disciplines and cartographers of his time, as well as his role in the wider worlds of Renaissance cartography and Humanism.

Gerhard Holzer studied History and Geography at the University of Vienna. He is currently the curator of the Woldan collection of Geographica and Cartographica at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Valerie Newby is Vice-Chairman of the International Map Collectors’ Society and Consulting Editor of their journal. She was one of three editors who assumed the task of updating Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers in four volumes.

Petra Svatek studied History and Geography at the University of Vienna. She has worked as a Scientific Assistant at the Department of History of Vienna University since 2010. Her areas of research interest include the history of thematic cartography and the history of spatial research.

Georg Zotti is currently working at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology in Vienna. His main research interest is the application of computer graphics and virtual reality technologies in the fields of cultural astronomy, historical aspects of astronomy and pre-telescopic astronomical instruments.

Wouter Bracke, Marcel van Broecke, Elmar Csaplovics, Jan de Graeve, Michael Salvator Habsburg-Lothringen, Thomas Horst, Helga Hühnel, Nick Kanas, Hans Kok, Peter van Krogt, Eric Leenders, Stefaan Missinne, Ferdinand Oppl, Richard Pflederer, Andreas Riedl, Patricia Seed, James Sykes, Zoltan Török, Georg Zotti, Gerhard Holzer

Hardback

ISBN: 1-4438-7153-2
ISBN13: 978-1-4438-7153-2
Date of Publication: 2015-02-18

Ebook

ISBN: 1-4438-7570-8
ISBN13: 978-1-4438-7570-7
Date of Publication: 2015-02-18

Categories: Social Sciences, Geography, Geography, History, History and Philosophy of Science

Pages: 280

Subject Codes:

BIC: RGV, HBLH, PDX
THEMA: RGV(3MD), NH(3MG), PDX

Pages: 280

"The main merit of this volume is the placement in a European context of Mercator's creation and the appearance of the complex connections between the cartographic achievements in the Renaissance and Humanism era."
- Andrei Nacu Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane Sibiu, 24 (2017)
"All in all, the book shows some interesting and a few trail-blazing essays."
- Professor Ferjan Ormeling Utrecht University
"[T]he thirteen articles in the book are an invaluable resource for academic researchers and map aficionados focused on Mercator and 16th century in general as well as the cartographer of the Hapsburg Empire."
- Edward Kirsch The Portolan, 95 (2016)

A World of Innovation

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