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Summary
DescriptionMercator scale.png
English: Extraction of Exactissima flandria descriptio.png showing the scale used on the map.
Date
Source
Exactissima flandria descriptio.png
Author
Gerardus Mercator
(1512–1594)
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
2 December 1594
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
: Q6353
VIAF: 30352476
ISNI: 0000000108842753
ULAN: 500040876
LCCN: n50035949
NLA: 36563271
WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q6353
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