Time: New Google Doodle Honors Inventor of Flat Map Gerardus Mercator
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Gerardus Mercator
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.
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science · Flemish cartographer (1512–1594) · mathematician · philosopher · theologian · cartographer · inventor · cosmographer · university teacher · instrument maker · writer · globe maker · also Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Mercator, Gerhard Kremer, Mercat.e, Mercatore, Gerard Mercator
Born 5 March 1512 · Died 2 December 1594 · Q6353
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Died 1594-12-02.
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Career landmark: cosmographer (1564).
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Studied at Old University of Leuven (1530–1532).
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Studied at Brethren of the Common Life (1527–1530).
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Born 1512-03-05.
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