Mercator projection Definition, Uses, & Limitations Britannica

Gerardus Mercator World Map. The World, on Mercator's Projection David Rumsey Historical Map Africa Ex Magna orbis terra descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta. It was printed in eighteen separate sheets from copper plates engraved by Mercator himself

In this nautical planisphere, parallels and meridians form a regular mesh of rectangles where the spacing between adjacent parallels. If you have ever seen a map of the world in a classroom or in an atlas, chances are you have seen the work of Gerardus Mercator, a 16th-century Flemish cartographer (mapmaker)

4 Gerardus Mercator, world map, 1569. Alvesgaspar/Wikimedia Commons

It was printed in eighteen separate sheets from copper plates engraved by Mercator himself Mercator's 1569 map was a large planisphere, [3] i.e Africa Ex Magna orbis terra descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta.

GeoGarage blog Gerardus Mercator father of modern mapmaking. Reproduced from Copy (in Nordenskjold's Facsimile Atlas, Stockholm, 1889, Pl Double Cordiform Map of the World by Gerard Mercator, 1538

Gerardus Mercator Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia. Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator published this map of the world, Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigatium Emendate, in 1569 Mercator's 1569 map of the world, the first to feature his famous projection.