摘要
1569年墨卡托首次采用正轴等角圆柱投影(即墨卡托投影)来绘制海图,此后该投影被广泛应用于绘制世界地图和海图.晚清时期,中国的地图首次集中出现了应用墨卡托投影绘制的地图,并且西方译著和中国人的地理著作中也出现了对墨卡托投影的介绍.墨卡托投影通过地图和书籍两个途径被系统地引入中国.墨卡托投影的传播与应用是一个同时进行的过程,通过地图中对其应用推动了它的传播,而通过书籍中对它的传播强化了对它的应用.
From the time when Mercator made chart with conformal cylindrical projection, also called Mercator projection in 1569, this projection was be widely used in making world maps and charts. Mercator projection was appeared in China in late-Qing dynasty. This projection was transmitted into China in two ways： maps and literatures. The transmission of Mercator projection accompanied with its application, to be used in maps promoted its transmission, and to be introduced in literature strengthened its application.
出处
《广西民族大学学报（自然科学版）》
CAS
2013年第2期30-36,共7页
Journal of Guangxi Minzu University ：Natural Science Edition
关键词
墨卡托投影
地图投影
科技传播
地图学史
Mercator projection
Map projection
technology transmission
history of cartography
