Mercator, Gerard, 1512-1594
Dates
- Existence: 1512 - 1594
Biography
Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594)[d] was a 16th-century geographer, cosmographer and cartographer from the County of Flanders. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Carte Du Pais et Duché de Nivernois (Amsterdam)
Folder: 9, Box 7
Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection
Date(s):
1644
Scope and Contents
From: Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Monde (Dutch edition), Henricus Hondius, 1644
Holsatia Ducatus (Duisberg)
Folder: 1, Box 3
Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection
Date(s):
1595
Scope and Contents
From: Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura, Gerard Mercator, 1595
Lionnois, Forest, et Beaviolois (Amsterdam)
Folder: 9, Box 3
Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection
Date(s):
1636
Scope and Contents
From: Atlas Blavianus Magnus, Jan Jansson, 1636