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.jpg "Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, 1595 by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "South America America Meridionalis: from the Atlas of Gerardus Mercator by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Taurica Chersonesus. Map of the Crimea by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Japan (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Map of Russia by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Russia (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Italy (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "The course of the Rhine river in Westphalia, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Antique map of Poland - today Lithuania by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Transylvania, Romania (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Map of Lotharingia, from")
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.jpg "Spain (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Holy Land and Palestina (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Fugura Europe: Livonia, Russia by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "The globe (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Map of the World (from the Atlas sive cosmographicae, published 1595) by Gerardus Mercator")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1356456).jpg "Map of Flanders by Anonymous")
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.jpg "Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Dalmatia (Engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "North Africa with siege of Tunis and Nile delta (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Hessen, Kassel, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "The North Polar Regions by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Pair of globes, terrestrial and celestial, bearing the Tughra and Latin inscription of Sultan Murad III by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Amplissima Terrae Sanctae descripto ad utriusque testamenti intelligentiam, 1537 by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Map of New England, from Historia Mundi: or Mercator’s Atlas by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Saxony and Mecklenburg, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Turkey, Balkans, northeastern Africa, Arabia and the Middle East (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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_with_the_Gulf_of_Trieste_and_Balkans_(engraving_-_(MeisterDrucke-954737).jpg "Friuli, Italy - Slovenia (Istria) with the Gulf of Trieste and Balkans (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
_with_the_Gulf_of_Trieste_and_Balkans_(engraving_-_(MeisterDrucke-954737).jpg)
_Chios_Mitilene_Negroponte_Cerigo_and_R_-_(MeisterDrucke-1005707).jpg "Cyprus and the Islands Stalimini (Lemnos), Chios, Mitilene, Negroponte, Cerigo and Rhodus (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Hungary (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Straits of Magellan (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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_(engraving_-_(MeisterDrucke-954669).jpg "Denmark (the Island Langeland with Odense) (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Piedmont, Genoa and Montserrat (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Turkey - Cyprus (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Brandenburg and Berlin, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Ukraine and Crimea (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Northern Baltic region, Riga, Latvia by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Northwest Africa with the Canaries (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "China (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Castillia with Madrid and Toledo, Spain (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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_Spain_(engraving_-_(MeisterDrucke-1024974).jpg "Oviedo, Burgos, Bilbao, Bayonne (Asturias), Spain (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Isle of Rugen, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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_(engraving_-_(MeisterDrucke-954748).jpg "Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico (Caribbean) (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Portugal (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Belgium (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Southeast Region of England Including the British Channel and London (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Andalusia, Spain (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Central Asia (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Luxembourg (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Prague, Czech Republic (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "South America (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Emden and Oldenburg, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Sicily, Italy (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Netherlands (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Greece and Peloponnese (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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_(engraving_-_(MeisterDrucke-1005702).jpg "Cyprus and Greek Islands (Corfu, Zante, Milo, Santorini, Karpathos) (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Untitled map of Brabant: Belgium and Netherlands by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Bavarian Region and the River Danube, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Brescia and Milan, Italy (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Picardie, Champagne, France by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "The coastline from Berck to Gravelines, Belgium (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Switzerland (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Puglia, Calabria and Basilicata, Italy (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Saintonge with La Rochelle and Ile Oleron, France (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Northern part of Jutland, Scandinavia (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Limoges, France (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Belgium (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "France (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Alsace, France by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Limousine, Languedoc, Auvergne, Burgundy and Provence, south France by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Monforte de Lemos, northwestern Spain (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Ile de France, North France by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Abruzzo and Campania, Italy (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Virginia and Florida (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Eastern India with Borneo and Philippine (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Poland (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Lorraine, France (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "England by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Sardinia, Italy by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Artois, France (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Romagna with Parma, Italy (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "France (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Verona, Vicenza and Padua, Italy (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "England and Scotland (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Globe by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Valencia, Spain by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Asia (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Belgium (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "East Ireland by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Gelderland and Overijssel, Netherlands (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Austria (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Ireland by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Bavaria, Germany (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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.jpg "Guinea, Libya - Africa (engraving) by Gerardus Mercator")
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The 16th century completely changed the Europeans' conception of the world. Suddenly, beyond the horizon lay completely unknown continents and islands to be explored. The explorers and colonists of the time reported civilizations, animals and landscapes that no one here had seen before. In just a few decades, the world had become much larger than the Europeans thought. For explorers in particular, this was an incredibly interesting time. Old knowledge had to be reconsidered, and new problems had to be solved. This included making navigation of the seas safer. The longer crossings to North and South America were very dangerous, and the old maps were no help along the coasts of the New World. As a result, many sailors never returned home.
Gerardus Mercator took on this problem. He was a cartographer from Flanders who made it his goal to update geographical illustrations of the world. From a wide variety of sources, Mercator gathered information to create detailed maps of Europe, America and the globe. Using travelogues, diaries and drawings made by many adventurers and explorers at the time, he calculated the coastlines of the newly discovered land masses. He was a conscientious man who took great care to ensure that everything he included in his maps was as true to nature as possible. In order to make travel as safe as possible, he always followed the latest research findings.
Of course, the accuracy of his maps cannot be compared to those produced by satellites today. But considering the state of the art of the 16th century, it is even more impressive how many of the areas mapped by Mercator come close to reality. His talent not only helped navigators and explorers, he also invented new techniques that advanced the craft of cartography. For example, he invented the word "atlas" and started the tradition of labeling maps in italics to make them more legible. In addition, he was one of the first to incorporate the curvature of the globe into his calculations, which allowed the proportions of land masses to be more accurately depicted.
His maps are not only scientifically interesting, but also visually appealing. As was common at the time, they are decorated with drawings of ships, sea creatures, and plants. Inscriptions and landscape features, such as forests or mountains, provide clues about the regions depicted. There is an incredible amount of detail to explore on each of his works. So each of his maps is not only an aid to navigation, but also a unique work of art in which you can lose yourself. Although Mercator was unfortunately never able to complete his life's work "Cosmography", much of his work is well preserved so that we can still discover the world through his eyes today.
The 16th century completely changed the Europeans' conception of the world. Suddenly, beyond the horizon lay completely unknown continents and islands to be explored. The explorers and colonists of the time reported civilizations, animals and landscapes that no one here had seen before. In just a few decades, the world had become much larger than the Europeans thought. For explorers in particular, this was an incredibly interesting time. Old knowledge had to be reconsidered, and new problems had to be solved. This included making navigation of the seas safer. The longer crossings to North and South America were very dangerous, and the old maps were no help along the coasts of the New World. As a result, many sailors never returned home.
Gerardus Mercator took on this problem. He was a cartographer from Flanders who made it his goal to update geographical illustrations of the world. From a wide variety of sources, Mercator gathered information to create detailed maps of Europe, America and the globe. Using travelogues, diaries and drawings made by many adventurers and explorers at the time, he calculated the coastlines of the newly discovered land masses. He was a conscientious man who took great care to ensure that everything he included in his maps was as true to nature as possible. In order to make travel as safe as possible, he always followed the latest research findings.
Of course, the accuracy of his maps cannot be compared to those produced by satellites today. But considering the state of the art of the 16th century, it is even more impressive how many of the areas mapped by Mercator come close to reality. His talent not only helped navigators and explorers, he also invented new techniques that advanced the craft of cartography. For example, he invented the word "atlas" and started the tradition of labeling maps in italics to make them more legible. In addition, he was one of the first to incorporate the curvature of the globe into his calculations, which allowed the proportions of land masses to be more accurately depicted.
His maps are not only scientifically interesting, but also visually appealing. As was common at the time, they are decorated with drawings of ships, sea creatures, and plants. Inscriptions and landscape features, such as forests or mountains, provide clues about the regions depicted. There is an incredible amount of detail to explore on each of his works. So each of his maps is not only an aid to navigation, but also a unique work of art in which you can lose yourself. Although Mercator was unfortunately never able to complete his life's work "Cosmography", much of his work is well preserved so that we can still discover the world through his eyes today.
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.jpg "Double Hemisphere World Map, 1587 by Gerardus Mercator")
.jpg "Double Hemisphere World Map by Gerardus Mercator")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1351508).jpg "Map of Europe, c.1554 by Gerardus Mercator")
.jpg "Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio, map of the Arctic, 1595 by Gerardus Mercator")