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  2. Mercator 1569 world map - Wikipedia

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    Gerardus Mercator 1512–1594 [1] The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata (Renaissance Latin for "New and more complete representation of the terrestrial globe

  3. Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia

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    Gerardus Mercator (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d ə s m ɜːr ˈ k eɪ t ər /; [a] [b] [c] 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) [d] 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 (rhumb lines) as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.

  4. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    The Mercator projection (/ m ər ˈ k eɪ t ər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in 1569. In the 18th century, it became the standard map projection for navigation due to its property of representing rhumb lines as straight lines.

  5. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    1569 Mercator = Wright: Cylindrical Conformal Gerardus Mercator: Lines of constant bearing (rhumb lines) are straight, aiding navigation. Areas inflate with latitude, becoming so extreme that the map cannot show the poles. 2005 Web Mercator: Cylindrical Compromise Google

  6. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    Mercator Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio, 1569. High res image. Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator world map of 1569 introduced a cylindrical map projection that became the standard map projection known as the Mercator projection. It was a large planisphere measuring 202 by 124 cm (80 by 49 in), printed in eighteen ...

  7. 14 events that changed military history - AOL

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    1569 CE. Until 1569, navigation on large bodies of water was a tedious and difficult affair. ... Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator created a world map that used consistently spaced longitude ...

  8. File:Mercator 1569 world map detail Triton.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    Known as the Mercator projection, after the cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who first conceived of it in 1569, it’s ubiquitous in classrooms around the world. The map demands authority. You can read latitude and longitude lines and see precisely how many miles have been squeezed into an inch.