Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planetby Nicholas Crane
β Scribed by Review by: Robert W. Karrow, Jr., Ronald E. Grim and Sarah Bendall
- Book ID
- 125605159
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 366 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0308-5694
- DOI
- 10.2307/40233929
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