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Gerard Mercator

by Gennady Pugachevsky

67×56 mm, X6, 1992, op. # 20
owner (customer): J.R. (Jan Rhebergen)

Gerard Mercator: man with globe

Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 – December 2, 1594) was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in East Flanders to parents from Gangelt in the Duchy of Jülich. He lived in Duisburg from 1552. He is remembered for the Mercator chart named after him.

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