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English: Mercator 1569 world map composite of all 18 sheets
Date
Source Basel copy of the 1569 world map photographed by Wilhelm Krucken. He holds the copyright for the high definition photographs but he permits use of these medium resolution scans.
Author
Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)  wikidata:Q6353 s:it:Autore:Gerardo Mercatore q:en:Gerardus Mercator
 
Gerardus Mercator
Alternative names
Gerardo Mercatore; Gerard De Kremer; Gerard de Cremere; Gerhard Mercator; Gérard Mercator
Description mathematician, geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 5 March 1512 Edit this at Wikidata 2 December 1594 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rupelmonde Duisburg
Work period from 1535 until 1592
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Leuven, Duisburg
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q6353

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