Into this world came Flemish mapmaker Gerard Mercator (1512–1594), whose new technique forged modern cartography as we know it.

In the course of a life that nearly spanned the 16th century, that glorious age of exploration, a Flemish peasant's son, Gerard Mercator, helped shape the modern perception of the planet while ...

The world of Gerard Mercator, Andrew Taylor, Harper Perennial, #8.99 AS THE great explorers brought back news of newly discovered ...

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This article was originally published with the title “Gerard Mercator, the Cosmographer” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 40 No. 22 (May 1879), p. 346 doi:10.1038 ...

Object Details Author Brotton, Jerry Notes Reprint. Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2012. Contents Science: Ptolemy's 'Geography, ' c. AD 150 -- Exchange: Al-Idrīsī, AD 1154 -- Faith: ...

View Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594 (Circa 1610) By Mercator Gerard; hand coloured map; framed 22 x 24.5 in — 55.9 x 62.2 cm sight 5.6 x 6.8 in — 14.2 x 17.25 cm; . Access more artwork lots and ...

It also appeared on other leading cartographers' maps including Gérard Mercator's 1569 world map; Giovanni Battista Ramusio's map of New England and New France in 1556; and Abraham Ortelius ...

Subscribers only T he most commonly used world map is based on the projection method developed in 1569 by European cartographer Geert de Kremer, better known as Gerard Mercator.