Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia
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Mercator projection - Wikipedia
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Mercator projection - Wikipedia
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Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia
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Mercator shaped the view on the world and the Arctic
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Discover the Birthday of Gerardus Mercator, the Pioneer Cartographer
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Mercator Museum – Sint-Niklaas, Belgium - Atlas Obscura
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Famous Belgians - Gerardus Mercator
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5. Gerardus Mercator's Map of the World, 1569, detail. SOURCE
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Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia
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Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia
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Mercator projection - Wikipedia
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