How Mercator did it in 1569: from tables of rhumbs to a cartographic projection

zbMATH Open1342.86001MaRDI QIDQ737207FDOQ737207

Authors: Joaquim Alves Gaspar, Henrique Leitão 

Publication date: 9 August 2016

Published in: European Mathematical Society Newsletter (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesy, mapping problems (86A30) History of geophysics (86-03) Recreational mathematics (00A08) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

Cited In (1)

• Portuguese mathematical typography: a brief overview from 1496 until 1987

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