pickI really enjoyed this book. It's well-written and engaging. It serves as a good biography of Mercator, covering his life as well as the influences (personal, religious, political, etc.) that went into his work. It also discusses alot of the different developments that occurred in cartography and map making during this period, as well as how the unknown parts of the world were dealt with. Definitely recommend.
Interesting flipsides to printing a map of a realm. On the one hand, commissioning and developing a map had political and propaganda purposes. However, enemy countries could use it when invading to figure out terrain and resources.
Up next for reading. Growing up, I was fascinated by maps.
“Each of us carries a map of our lives on our skin, in the way we walk, even the way we grow.”
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#WhereAreYouMonday - I cannot read just one book.
I started my day with the ARC of "Love at a Funeral and Other Awkward Conversations" - New Jersey, in spitting distance to NYC.
Moved on to "Earls' Trip", takes place in Cumbria mostly.
Fugitive Telemetry ('Murderbot 6') in the car - space station (not pictured).
Now "The Ghost Cat" , set in Edinburgh.
Later "Lover Revealed" is set in Caldwell, fictional city in NY State, north of NYC.
so-soIt was interesting learning about the strata maps that helped launch a widespread understanding and acceptance of geology. Overall, this isn't a bad read. I was put off, however, by the author's unnecessary proliferation of sexist, ableist, and anti-asexual notions. #Nonfiction #Science
Not a bad read so far, but I have to say I‘m unimpressed with this author‘s needless proliferation of sexist, ableist, and anti-asexual notions. For no reason, he took the time to repeat that a female geologist who had shown no romantic interests left this world with her cold, petrified heart in her collection. The sexuality of the men somehow hasn‘t come up. He also said of Smith‘s wife that she was a burden due to her ill health and…
I‘ve purchased this stack of Jacqueline Winspear books at 2 different used books stores over the past 2 days for my daughter. She is excited and I‘m thankful for media mail. 📦
March 13 #ItTakesAllKinds With Map I Have to go with Maroon 5 for this prompt. Love this song. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickThis lived up to the hype, which in my mind was considerable, as it had come highly recommended from sources I love. A mystery with some magic woven in, a New York story involving the NYPL, I saw some things coming but couldn‘t guess others. Loved it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
