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Description
English: Mercator 1569 world map detail: cannibals in South America.
Date
Source Biblotheque Nationale, Paris. Public domain online version at http://gallica.bnf.fr
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
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creator QS:P170,Q6353

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current17:47, 15 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:47, 15 April 2012311 × 293 (32 KB)Peter MercatorImprove aspect ratio.
09:41, 26 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 09:41, 26 March 2012370 × 398 (49 KB)Peter Mercator

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