MERCATOR, Gerardus (Gerhard Kremer)

MERCATOR, Gerardus (Gerhard Kremer)
(1512–1594)
   Cartographer. Born in Rupelmonde near Antwerp, Mercator stud ied at the University of Louvain and specialized as a mapmaker. Ac cused of Protestant sympathies, he moved to Duisburg, Germany, in 1552, where he created most of his many maps and atlases. He de veloped a special kind of map projection (named after him) and in creased the legibility of his maps by improving the lettering.

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  • Mercator — [mər kāt′ər] Gerardus [jə rär′dəs] [L calque of (Gerhard) Kremer, lit., dealer, merchant] 1512 94; Fl. geographer & cartographer …   English World dictionary

  • Gerardus Mercator — noun Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512 1594) • Syn: ↑Mercator, ↑Gerhard Kremer • Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographer …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mercator — noun Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512 1594) • Syn: ↑Gerardus Mercator, ↑Gerhard Kremer • Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographer …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mercator — I. adjective Date: 1758 of, relating to, or drawn on the Mercator projection II. biographical name Gerardus 1512 1594 Gerhard Kremer Flemish cartographer …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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