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Mercator, Gerardus

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NameName PinyinName TypeLang.pref. Name
Mercator, Gerardus Other Name, Variants, incl. Married Name (其他名,包括:字、婚後名)Germanpreferred Name
麥卡托MaikatuoOther Name, Variants, incl. Married Name (其他名,包括:字、婚後名)Chinese
Kremer, Gerard deGiven Name (名)French
Krämer, GerhardOther Name, Variants, incl. Married Name (其他名,包括:字、婚後名)German
Mercator, GerhardOther Name, Variants, incl. Married Name (其他名,包括:字、婚後名)German

birth/startdeath/endgender/groupgender uncertain
1512-03-051594-12-02male-


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Gerardus Mercator was a 16th-century German-Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer. He was 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.


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