{"product_id":"2026200006944-secondhand-mercator-the-man-who-mapped-the-planet","title":"Mercator: The Man Who Mapped The Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket visible — cloth\/board appears in good condition. Page Condition: good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Firm, pages intact. Stickers\/Labels: None visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of biographical narrative, Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet chronicles the extraordinary life of Gerardus Mercator, the sixteenth-century Flemish cartographer whose revolutionary projection transformed the way humanity understood and navigated the world. Nicholas Crane presents a vivid portrait of a Renaissance genius who, against the backdrop of religious persecution, war, and relentless intellectual curiosity, reshaped geography from a speculative art into a precise science. With the authority of a seasoned travel writer, Crane details the turbulent world of Reformation Europe, placing Mercator's monumental achievements in their full political and cultural context. The result is a richly researched and compulsively readable account of one man's obsession with defining the shape of the Earth — and how that obsession gave sailors, explorers, and empires a map of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888015028443,"sku":"2026200006944-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/72a847d0-3e17-496e-b649-b5553d5acbf7.png?v=1781752832","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006944-secondhand-mercator-the-man-who-mapped-the-planet","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}