Gerardus Mercator, Flemish Cartographer #5
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Gerardus Mercator, Flemish Cartographer #5
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Colorized drawing of Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 - December 2,1594), a Flemish cartographer. He was born Gerard de gemor or de Cremer (Mercator is the Latinized form of his name). In 1538 he produced a map of the world and a map of Flanders in 1540. He was appointed Court Cosmographer to Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg in 1564. He constructed a the Mercator projection, a cylindrical map projection. It became the standard map projection for nautical purposes because of its ability to represent lines of constant course, known as rhumb lines or loxodromes, as straight segments.
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October 21st, 2016
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