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Mercator's 1595 map of the Arctic. Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.

"Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio" [1595]. First state, from his posthumously published atlas, Atlantis pars altera.
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Source http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/mercator.htm
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
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See also: 1606 reissue - Jodocus Hondius.

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Mercator's 1595 map of the Arctic

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