Into this world came Flemish mapmaker Gerard Mercator (1512–1594), whose new technique forged modern cartography as we know it.

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In the course of a life that nearly spanned the 16th century, that glorious age of exploration, a Flemish peasant's son, Gerard Mercator, helped shape the modern perception of the planet while ...

This article was originally published with the title “Gerard Mercator, the Cosmographer” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 40 No. 22 (May 1879), p. 346 doi:10.1038 ...

The Mercator projection is still "widely used" in "schools and tech companies" alike, but there has been progress towards adopting a more accurate map.

View Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594 (Circa 1610) By Mercator Gerard; hand coloured map; framed 22 x 24.5 in — 55.9 x 62.2 cm sight 5.6 x 6.8 in — 14.2 x 17.25 cm; . Access more artwork lots and ...

He looks at the great achievements of Gerard Mercator, whose 1569 projection of the world “may be the most influential map in the history of geography,” and those of Martin Waldseemüller, who ...

Subscribers only T he most commonly used world map is based on the projection method developed in 1569 by European cartographer Geert de Kremer, better known as Gerard Mercator.

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.