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    Gerardus Mercator (/dʒɪˈrɑːrdəs mɜːrˈkeɪtər/; 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned...
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  • Comprehensive University of Duisburg was given the name of Gerhard Mercator in 1994. In 2003, the Gerhard Mercator University merged with the University of Essen...
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    The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata (Renaissance Latin for "New and...
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    founded in 1654 and re-established on 1 January 2003, as a merger of the Gerhard Mercator University of Duisburg and the university of Essen. It is based in...
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    The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in...
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    derived from the Latin word mercator, meaning 'trader', 'merchant', but also refers to the important cartographer Gerhard Mercator. Originally part of a temporary...
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    Die Welt des Gerhard Mercator. Mercator-Verlag. p. 86. ISBN 9783874633932. Retrieved 29 December 2021. Crane, Nicholas (2014). Mercator: The Man Who Mapped...
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    149194; 68.519500 Shown about four degrees of longitude due east of Perm. Mercator is also mistaken about hydrology, placing Perm in the Ob basin and depicting...
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    Foullon 1513–1563 or 1565 (France) Pedro Nunes 1502–1578 (Portugal) Gerhard Mercator 1512–1594 (Belgium/Germany) Snellius (Willebrord Snel van Royen) 1580–1626...
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    Gymnasium Duisburg. One of the teachers is Gerhard Mercator, who gives instruction in mathematics. 1566 – One of Mercator's pupils, Johannes Corputius, captured...
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