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Meaning of MERCATOR

Pronunciation:  mur'keytur

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 Definition: [n]  Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)
 
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 Synonyms: Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer
 
 See Also: geographer

 

 

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Mercator
MERCATOR recalls the life of the man who flattened the Earth, creating the most accurate map of his day. Underpinning this biography is the examination of how an autodidact like Mercator, a man who never traveled, could solve his age`s greatest mystery of cartography, a solution still employed by NASA today.

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