Mercator. The Man Who Mapped the Planet.
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2002. 8vo. 23cm, first edition, xiii,348p., with 16 colour plates, 22 text illustrations, notes bibliography, index, mapped endpapers, blue cloth, gilt spine titles, fine in fine jacket. ~ A biography of the great cartographer and geographer, Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) best known for introducing the map projection.....