500 YEARS AFTER MERCATOR

500 Years After Mercator

Contents

  1. PROLOGUETHE DAY THE WORLD MAP CHANGED
  2. CHAPTER 1THE IMPOSSIBLE MAP
  3. CHAPTER 2THE SAILOR’S MAP
  4. CHAPTER 3WHEN THE USEFUL MAP BECAME THE WORLD
  5. CHAPTER 4WHO GETS THE MIDDLE?
  6. CHAPTER 5DRAW A LINE, CLAIM A WORLD
  7. CHAPTER 6SURVEY AFTER CONQUEST
  8. CHAPTER 7MAPS WORTH STEALING
  9. CHAPTER 8THE MAP GOES TO WAR
  10. CHAPTER 9THE LINE THAT SURVIVED THE WAR
  11. CHAPTER 10FINDING YOURSELF ON EARTH
  12. CHAPTER 11FROM SECRET SATELLITES TO THE PHONE IN YOUR POCKET
  13. CHAPTER 12THE SECRET NUMBERS BEHIND EVERY DIGITAL MAP
  14. CHAPTER 13THE JOKE CODE THAT ATE THE WEB
  15. CHAPTER 14WHERE THE DATABASE CUTS THE WORLD
  16. CHAPTER 15THE PLACE THE WEB MAP CANNOT SHOW
  17. CHAPTER 16THE MAP WAS NEVER EMPTY
  18. CHAPTER 17AFRICA IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK
  19. CHAPTER 18GREENLAND IS BIG ENOUGH
  20. CHAPTER 19DOES A MAP CHANGE YOUR MIND?
  21. CHAPTER 20DESIGNING A DIFFERENT WORLD MAP
  22. CHAPTER 21THE WORLD, REDRAWN
  23. EPILOGUECHOOSE YOUR DISTORTION