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.
Un memorial en Digital Cemetery, un mapa infinito que puedes explorar. Esta tumba está en las coordenadas 47, 78.
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