Gerardus Mercator (1512 - 1594)

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Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator, birth name Gheert Cremer was a Flemish geographer and cartographer, best known for the map projection that bears his name.

Gerardus Mercator was the first to use this equiangular cylindrical projection for drawing a navigational chart of the world on 18 sheets (1569). The Mercator projection is remarkable in that it does not distort angles and shapes and only keeps distances at the equator. It is currently used for nautical navigational and aeronautical charts. Although modern historical cartographic research has established that this projection was used as early as 1511, it is only by Mercator that it has become widely used.

Date and place of birt:5 march 1512, Rupelmonde, Belgium
Date and place of death:2 december 1594, Duisburg, Germany
Nationality:Germany, Flanders
Period of activity: XVI century
Specialization:Cartographer, Geographer

Creators Germany

Eberhard Viegener (1890 - 1967)
Eberhard Viegener
1890 - 1967
Klaus Hack (1966)
Klaus Hack
1966
Otmar Blaeser (1947)
Otmar Blaeser
1947
Walter Marcuse (1896 - 1976)
Walter Marcuse
1896 - 1976
Rudolf Epp (1834 - 1910)
Rudolf Epp
1834 - 1910
Erich Wegner (1899 - 1980)
Erich Wegner
1899 - 1980
Alfred Earl Hansen (1927 - 1995)
Alfred Earl Hansen
1927 - 1995
Anneliese Henecka (1927 - 2015)
Anneliese Henecka
1927 - 2015
Veronica Schäpers (1969)
Veronica Schäpers
1969
François Linke (1855 - 1946)
François Linke
1855 - 1946
Karl Heinrich Anton Muke (1806 - 1891)
Karl Heinrich Anton Muke
1806 - 1891
Maria von Heider-Schweinitz (1894 - 1974)
Maria von Heider-Schweinitz
1894 - 1974
Christian Heuchel (1966)
Christian Heuchel
1966
Philipp Veit (1793 - 1877)
Philipp Veit
1793 - 1877
Rudolf Schoofs (1932 - 2009)
Rudolf Schoofs
1932 - 2009
Johann Jacob Mettenleiter (1750 - 1825)
Johann Jacob Mettenleiter
1750 - 1825
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