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Español: Mapa de Europa
English: Map of Europe
Date
Source
institution QS:P195,Q23308
British Library
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

British Library Maps C.29.c.13

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current03:55, 16 May 2016Thumbnail for version as of 03:55, 16 May 20163,296 × 2,500 (1.36 MB)Mattessharpened, enlarged, new source: http://www.bl.uk/turning-the-pages/?id=223c7af8-bad6-4282-a684-17bf45bd0311&type=book
10:24, 19 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 10:24, 19 December 2010679 × 509 (273 KB)JooprIets duidelijker plaatje
12:52, 1 June 2005Thumbnail for version as of 12:52, 1 June 2005500 × 366 (81 KB)BencenoMapa de Europa realizado por Gerardus Mercator. Map of Europe made by Gerardus Mercador. {{PD}}

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