The Flemish cartographer Gerhardus Mercator (1512-1594) was among the first makers of modern atlases and is best known for his great world map, or chart, using the projection that has acquired his name. In the history of cartography the work of...

One of the world's foremost figures in cartography, Gerardus Mercator developed a new projection for the map of the world in 1569 that still bears his name. Before Mercator's time, world maps were basically useless to navigators plotting voyages of...

Flemish cartographer, geographer, and mathematician Mercator, the world's most influential mapmaker, modernized cartography according to mathematical principles, facilitated navigation by charts, invented the projection that bears his name, and...

1512-1594 Flemish Geographer and Cartographer The word "atlas" to define a collection of maps was coined by Gerardus Mercator, who is best known for his 1569 invention of a new system of projection for marine charts, called the Mercator...

In 1569, Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) broke away from the teachings of Greek mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy (90-168) and published a world map, which introduced a new system of projection for marine charts featuring true...

Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 – December 2, 1594) was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in East Flanders to parents from Gangelt in the Duchy of Jülich. He lived since 1552 in Duisburg. He is remembered for the Mercator chart...