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Summary

Artist
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
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q6353
Description
English: Mercator 1569 world map detail: Prester John of Africa
Date 1569
date QS:P571,+1569-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer
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: UBBasel Map 1569 Kartenslg AA 3-5.tif
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current07:20, 22 July 2021Thumbnail for version as of 07:20, 22 July 2021558 × 513 (140 KB)Aavindraa558×513 crop of prete gianni
18:20, 15 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 18:20, 15 April 2012168 × 161 (11 KB)Peter Mercator

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