Gerardus Mercator (1512 -1594) was a cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. He is best known for his work in cartography where he created the Mercator projection world map.
2012 marks the 500th anniversary of Mercator's birth.
Ref.:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator
- http://vcn.weblog.ro/
- http://www.mercatornet.com/info/mercator_who/
- http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/
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