Gerardus Mercator
Cartographer, Inventor
1512 – 1594
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Who was Gerardus Mercator?
Gerardus Mercator was a cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. He is best known for his work in cartography, in particular the world map of 1569 based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines. He was the first to use the term Atlas for a collection of maps.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1512
Rupelmonde - Also known as
- Gerhardus
- Gerard de Cremere
- Gerhard Kremer
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Profession
- Education
- Catholic University of Leuven
- Died
- Dec 2, 1594
Duisburg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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