Gerardus Mercator
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 430 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 5,1512 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Date of died | December 2,1594 |
| Died | Duisburg |
| Germany | |
| Spouse | Barbara Schellekens |
| Children | Rumold Mercator |
| Bartholomeus Mercator | |
| Emerentia Mercator | |
| Arnold Mercator | |
| Catharina Mercator | |
| Dorothes Mercator | |
| Job | Philosopher |
| Cartographer | |
| Mathematician | |
| Books | Mercator atlas |
| Atlas; Or, A Geographicke Description of the World: Amsterdam 1636 | |
| Atlas Minor | |
| Geographia | |
| Atlas Of The World | |
| Rupelmonde, Kruibeke, Belgium | |
| Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi Et Fabricati Figura: Gewidmet Wilhelmo Et Ioanni Wilhelmo, Ducibus Iuliacensibus ... | |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Full name | Geert de Kremer |
| Education | Old University of Leuven |
| Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | |
| Born | Rupelmonde |
| Kruibeke | |
| Belgium | |
| Academic advisor | Gemma Frisius |
| Notable student | John Dee |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 475222 |
Gerardus Mercator Life story
Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.
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