The Age of Discovery created a boom in information-gathering, Internet-like in its speed, each new map a wishful startup out to change the world. Ah, to be at the center of the world! How Gerard Mercator changed history by creating the first useful map. Michelle Legro of the ever-wonderful Lapham’s Quarterly writes.
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The Age of Discovery created a boom in information-gathering, Internet-like in its speed, each new map a wishful startup out to change the world.

Ah, to be at the center of the world! How Gerard Mercator changed history by creating the first useful map. Michelle Legro of the ever-wonderful Lapham’s Quarterly writes.

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