Gerardus Mercator
5 March 1512 — 2 December 1594
Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.
A memorial on Digital Cemetery, an endless map you can explore. This grave stands at coordinates 47, 78.
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