Mercator, Gerardus [Gerhard Kremer] (1512-94)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3853. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Cartographer (`cosmographer'), born in Rupelmonde, Flanders (now Belgium), studied mathematics, its applications to geography and astronomy, and how to make scientific instruments. Constructed terrestrial and celestial globes. Was charged with heresy, a result of suspicion aroused by his travel to collect data for maps, and was imprisoned for several months, after which charges were dropped. Inv...

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