He is most 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 …

Nov 28, 2025 · Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish cartography whose most important innovation was a map, embodying what was later known as the Mercator projection, on which parallels …

Oct 19, 2023 · His most famous work, the Mercator projection, is a geographical chart where the spherical globe is flattened into a two-dimensional map, with latitude and longitude lines drawn …

Jun 11, 2018 · Mercator, Gerardus (1512–94) Flemish cartographer. His huge world map of 1569 employed the system of projection now named after him, in which lines of longitude, as well as …

Although Gerhard Cremer and Gerardus (or Gerhardus) Mercator might be more historically correct, American and British cartographic historians prefer the partly anglicized Gerard Mercator.

Dec 2, 2011 · Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish map-maker and geographer who is best known for the map projection which bears his name.

Feb 4, 2024 · In addition to the Mercator projection, Gerardus Mercator produced the first accurate maps of Europe. These maps were highly detailed and included accurate coastlines, …

Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) was a great Renaissance cartographer whose work shaped the identity of the modern world. Using the latest reports of new discoveries, he created innovative …

Dec 12, 2019 · Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish cartographer, philosopher, and geographer who is best known for his creation of the Mercator map projection. On the Mercator projection …

Jan 9, 2026 · Mercator first made his international reputation as a cartographer in 1554 with his map of Europe in which he reduced the size of the Mediterranean from the 62° of Ptolemy to a …