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Mercator is a steel-hulled barquentine built in 1932 as a training ship for the Belgian merchant fleet. She was named after Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594), a Belgian cartographer . She was designed by G.L. Watson & Co. and built in Leith , Scotland [ 2 ] and launched in 1932.
Map of the world showing physical, political and population characteristics as per 2018, in Mercator projection, based on CC-0 Natural Earth geodata. Dutch Kaart van de wereld met geografische, politieke en bevolkingskarakteristieken per 2018, in Mercator projectie, gebaseerd op CC0 Natural Earth geodata.
Schijndel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxɛindəl] ⓘ) is a town and former municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.Schijndel is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch.
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Colette van den Keere was born in Ghent in The Netherlands around 1568, [2] the daughter of foundry artist Hendrik van den Keere, also named Henry du Tour, [3] and Elisabeth van Estelaer. [4] Colette's family, Protestant refugees, temporarily settled in London , England, between 1584 and 1593 after which the family returned to Amsterdam to live ...
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Arnold was the eldest child of Gerardus Mercator and Barbara Schellekens from Leuven, who married in 1536. [1] [2] Arnold grew up in Leuven and, as a 7-year-old boy, witnessed the arrest of his father, who was then a professor in Leuven. Gerardus Mercator was suspected of Lutheranism. His father was released after a few months.
A former HBS for girls in Rotterdam The King William III HBS in Batavia (now Jakarta) in 1910–1932. The Hogere Burgerschool (HBS) (Dutch: Higher Civic School) was a secondary school type that existed between 1863 and 1974 in the Netherlands and the Dutch Empire.