The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized

Gerardus Mercator: 3 ways influential cartographer changed the way we look at the world, The Independent

Representing the World - US History Scene

Figure 2 from Contribution of Gerard Mercator's Map of 1569 for the History of Navigation

Gerardus Mercator revolutionized mapmaking. He was almost executed for it. - Vox

Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio - Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.

An enthralling biography of the man who created the first real map of the world and changed civilizationBorn at the dawn of the age of discovery, Gerhard Mercator lived in an era of formidable intellectual and scientific advances. At the center of these developments were the cartographers who painstakingly pieced together the evidence to create ever more accurate pictures of the planet.

Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet [eBook]

The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows, writes Andrew Taylor, and none in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of what could be comprehended. His life encompassed most of the turbulent, extraordinary sixteenth century, a time when revolutions would engulf religion, science, and civilization.