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Mercator   /mərkˈeɪtər/   Listen
Mercator

noun
1.
Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594).  Synonyms: Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer.



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"Mercator" Quotes from Famous Books



... "A cloud pattern from which issue two clasped hands is the device of Guizot Marchand or Guido Mercator, printer, in 1498. He lived at the College of Navarre."—Dibdin's ...
— Needlework As Art • Marian Alford
... pounds. At one time it was calculated nearly a hundred thousand visitors were assembled under its roof. The difficult problem how to place the exhibits of various countries was settled by awarding the choice places in an arrangement according to Mercator's projection of the map of the world. Even then Spain refused to be represented at the Exposition unless she were provided with an entrance distinct ...
— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson


Words linked to "Mercator" :   Mercator's projection, geographer, Mercator projection


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