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Gerardus Mercator Está considerado como padre de la cartografía moderna. Fue un hombre hábil para la construcción de diversos instrumentos así como un notable cartógrafo. Mercator nació en Amberes en 1512. Curso estudios en la Universidad de Lovaina y se graduó en geografía, geometría y astronomía. Fundo su propio negocio y dirigió su actividad al grabado de mapas y cartas de navegar. En 1522 se trasladó a Duisburgo, y empezó a trabajar en su famoso mapamundi publicado en 1569, que reproducía las costas de América central y meridional, comprendía un trazado más exacto de Asia, incluyendo el sudeste de este continente. Aunque el mayor logro de este mapa fue la proyección cilíndrica, que lleva su nombre y de la que viene la proyección mas empleada hoy en día la UTM Las proyecciones Una proyección puede definirse como una red de paralelos y meridianos sobre la cual puede ser dibujado un mapa. Para trazar las proyecciones se emplean actualmente cálculos matemáticos muy precisos, pero la idea general se basa en la proyección de las sombras de los meridianos y paralelos de una esfera sobre una superficie que puede convertirse en plana sin deformaciones, tal como la superficie cilíndrica o la cónica. Hay tres tipos básicos de proyección: cilíndrica, cónica y polar. Cada una de ellas ha dado lugar a muchas otras basadas en cálculos matemáticos.

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85. The Galileo Project mercator, gerardus Gerhard Kremer. 1. Dates Born Rupelmonde, Flanders, 5 Mar1512 Died Duisberg, Germany, 2 Dec 1594 Dateinfo Dates Certain http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/mercator_ger.html

Mercator, Gerardus [Gerhard Kremer] 1. Dates Born: Rupelmonde, Flanders, 5 Mar 1512 Died: Duisberg, Germany, 2 Dec 1594 Dateinfo: Dates Certain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Artisan, Cleric His father was a poor shoemaker. However, Mercator was reared by an uncle, who was an affluent ecclesiastic. The uncle's financial status was the one that determined Mercator's circumstances. 3. Nationality Birth: Rupelmonde, Flanders Career: Germany Death: Duisberg, Germany 4. Education Schooling: Louvain, M.A. His uncle, Gisbert Mercator, sent him to school at 'sHertogenbosch at the House of the Bretheren of the Common Life, probably as preparation to enter the priesthood. 1530, entered University of Louvain, principal studies were philosophy and theology. I assume B.A. 1532, M.A., Louvain. After graduation he studied mathematics and astronomy privately under Gemma Frisius, and acquired engraving skills. 5. Religion Affiliation: Catholic, Protestant I find it impossible to tell from what follows; Cleves was Protestant, but he had innumerable Catholic patrons. 1544, accused of heresy and imprisoned several months be- fore being released for lack of evidence. This occurred in Catholic territory. Note that he moved to Cleves shortly.

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87. No. 885: Mercator's Maps gerardus mercator was born Gerhard Kremer in the Netherlands in 1512. He Latinizedhis name when he entered the University. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi885.htm

No. 885: MERCATOR'S MAPS by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 885. Today, let's meet the greatest mapmaker. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. G erardus Mercator was born Gerhard Kremer in the Netherlands in 1512. He Latinized his name when he entered the University. A new visual world was opening like a flower around Mercator. Ships came back from the Americas with stories and drawings of a wondrous new land. All that information fed the Renaissance belief that you learn by looking closely and critically at the external world. In a hundred years that new visual sense would give birth to modern experimental science. But now Mercator studied theology along with mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Then he began creating his own pictures his own maps of the world around him. When he was 25 he published a map of Palestine. Then he surveyed and mapped Flanders. In 1541 he made a globe of the world for the emperor.

88. Efímera > Archivos Translate this page Una colección de anotaciones personales, en formato de hipertexto, de duraciónefímera, y que hablan principalmente de diseño y sociedad http://efimera.org/archivos/topico_arte/gerardus_mercator.php

Ir al Contenido Ir al Menº Ir a Buscar Secciones Portada Archivos Fotograf­as Colof³n ... Contacto Buscar Buscar Estad­sticas En Ef­mera puedes consultar: 574 anotaciones 6181 comentarios de los lectores. La ºltima actualizaci³n fue el d­a 1 del 9 del a±o 2005 Anotaciones ordenadas cronol³gicamente Anotaciones m¡s populares Pues mira que bien (133) Historias de amor (105) Nietzsche contra Pocholo (79) Raquel Alc¡ntara me ri±e (58) ... Boda (46) Y los que m¡s comentan juanjo willy Alexqk Fran ra (192) contra almu Maria (149) amio cajander (144) lanevera Archivos Todas las categor­as Arte Cine Comic Cuerpo ... Tecnologia Archivos ordenados por categor­as Arte Ubuweb Correcciones Ben Shahn ... Geo URL

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90. MERCATOR However he always signed his most important work as gerardus mercator There hetranslated his name into gerardus mercator because at that time it was http://mathsforeurope.digibel.be/mercator.htm

Mercator Gerard Mercator was born as Gerard de Cremer on March 5th in 1512 in Rupelmonde, which is located close to Antwerp and Sint-Niklaas in the northern part of Belgium. However he always signed his most important work as Gerardus Mercator Rupelmondanus and thus showed his attachment with his native region. His father, a shoemaker, didn't have enough money to let his son study. But fortunately his uncle Gijsbrecht, a priest, was very generous. Thanks to him Gerard could study Latin and go the university of Leuven. There he translated his name into Gerardus Mercator b ecause at that time it was very stylish to have an latin name. At the university, Gerard studied humanities and received his degree in philosophy of 'magister artium' in 1532. After a short stay in Antwerp, he returned to Louvain in 1535 because he was especially interested in cosmography and the study of heaven and earth. Mercator learnt to make instruments like pairs of compasses, sundials and compasses, and also carts in order to make a living. At the age of 24 he married Barbara Schellekens with whom he got 6 children. In 1537, he published his first map, which was immediately successful : a map of Palestine meant to illustrate texts from the Bible. The following year, he published a small map of the world in double hart-shaped projection. Mercator became famous in 1540 with his Map of Flanders that was dedicated to the emperor Charles the 5th. This map was quite accurate because of the use of

91. Historical Maps Of The British Isles , Scotiae regnvm.Publication Info, Amsterdam, 1633. Date, 1633. Scale......Main Author, mercator, gerardus (info). Title/ http://bama.ua.edu/~almaps/historicalmaps/europe/britishisles.html

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Next Page Main Author: Ortelius, Abraham ( info Title/Description: Angliae Scotiae et Hiberniae, Sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio Publication Info: [Antwerp: 1571] Date: Scale: Original Source: Rucker Agee Map Collection Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Pont, Timothy Title/Description: A new description of the shyres of Lothian and Linlitqvo Publication Info: Amstelodami : H. Hondius, 1600? Date: Scale: Original Source: W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Mercator, Gerardus ( info ) and Hondius, Jodocus ( info Title/Description: [Untitled Map of the Northern Half of Ireland] Publication Info: [Amsterdam: c. 1606] Date: Scale: Original Source: W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Mercator, Gerardus ( info ) and Hondius, Jodocus ( info Title/Description: Irlandiae Regnum Publication Info: [Amsterdam: c. 1606] Date: Scale: Original Source: W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Mercator, Gerardus (

92. Historical Maps Of East Asia , Iaponia. PublicationInfo, S.1 b sn 1594. Date, 1594. Scale......Main Author, mercator, gerardus (info). Title/ http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/asia/eastasia.html

Home Help Graphics Tutorial Aerial Photography ... About this site Main Author: Mercator, Gerardus ( info Title/Description: Iaponia Publication Info: [S.1 :b s.n. 1594] Date: Scale: Original Source: W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Magini, G. Title/Description: Tartariae Imperium Publication Info: [Padova: 1621] Date: Scale: Original Source: Rucker Agee Map Collection Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Mercator, Gerardus ( info Title/Description: China Publication Info: London: Samuel Purchas, 1625 Date: Scale: Original Source: Rucker Agee Map Collection Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Ogilby, John ( info Title/Description: China Fockien Publication Info: London: 1673 Date: Scale: Original Source: Rucker Agee Map Collection Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria Title/Description: Xantung, e Peking Publication Info: Venice: [1692] Date: Scale: Original Source: Rucker Agee Map Collection Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Haas, Johann Matthaus Title/Description: Regni Sinae vel Sinae Propriae Publication Info: [Nuremburg: 1730] Date: Scale: Original Source: Rucker Agee Map Collection Viewing options: JPEG or Plugin Main Author: Bowen, Emanuel (

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94. Der Humanist Gerardus Mercatorr Translate this page DER HUMANIST gerardus mercator. von Rolf Kirmse zu dieser Feierstunde lesenSie als Thema meiner Ansprache Der Humanist gerardus mercator http://www.du.nw.schule.de/merc-gym/humanist.html

DER HUMANIST GERARDUS MERCATOR von Rolf Kirmse Hohe Festversammlung! Im Einladungsschreiben zu dieser Feierstunde lesen Sie als Thema meiner Ansprache Der Humanist Gerardus Mercator in zu vielen Facetten schillernd. humanitas nahm das Suchen nach umfassenderer und genauerer Kenntnis der Erde und des Kosmos die zentrale Gerardus Mercator - wie er nach Humanistenbrauch seinen Namen Gerhard Kremer(s) Anm.1 Anm.2 Anm.3 Anm.4 seines langen Lebens als zu Papier brachte. Als Knabe besuchte Mercator mehrere Jahre hindurch in Hertogenbosch in Nordbrabant a Kempis, Nikolaus von Kues und Erasmus im Geiste ihrer Devotio moderna herangebildet hatte. Zeit seines Lebens sollte er jener mystischen Anm.5 Anm.6 Anm.7 Beim Vertiefen in das Studium der Philosophie, das Mercator privatim weiter betrieb Anm.8 Anm.9 animi heroici Europae descriptio Geographia mappa universalis, mappa und die tabulae erkannt worden. Anm.10 doctum, zum Gelehrten Duisburg. Novum linguarum et philosophiae Gymnasium pax ac tranquillitas zu finden, die sein Vorbild, Erasmus, als die Grundlagen der Bildung und eines christlichen Lebens bezeichnet hatte. ad usum navigantium Anm.11

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97. HTML\Wetenschap\990525weet04 gerardus mercator. Door J. Reijnoudt Er bestaat geen landkaart zonder meer ofminder sterke vertekening van de werkelijkheid. Het hoort nu eenmaal tot de http://oud.refdag.nl/series/uitvindingen/990525weet04.html

Wetenschap 25 mei 1999 Gerardus Mercator Door J. Reijnoudt Er bestaat geen landkaart zonder meer of minder sterke vertekening van de werkelijkheid. Het hoort nu eenmaal tot de onmogelijkheden om de bolle wereld netjes op een plat vlak over te brengen. Pers een sinaasappel uit en druk zo'n leeg halfrond op een plat bordje. De scheuren die dan ontstaan zijn op een landkaart nooit zichtbaar, dus elke kaart bedriegt wel een beetje. Sommige kaartenmakers gingen daarin heel ver en slaagden er tegelijkertijd in beroemd te worden, nota bene door de kwaliteit van hun sterk vertekenend product. Het zou niet mogen bestaan dat iemand met goed gevolg de zeevaartschool doorloopt en dan ene Gerardus Mercator niet kent. De man leeft van 1512 tot 1594 en zet de wereld op een merkwaardige manier op de kaart, maar wel zo dat zeevarenden, zeker in die tijd, zich nauwelijks een makkelijker hulpmiddel kunnen voorstellen dan een Mercatorkaart. Zeker zo bont maakt Mercator het met de meridianen of lengtecirkels: de denkbeeldige halve cirkels tussen de noord- en de zuidpool. Die tekent hij als rechte lijnen, haaks op de breedtecirkels. Bij de evenaar komt dat exact overeen met de werkelijkheid, maar bij de polen deugt er natuurlijk niets van. Op een globe komen alle meridianen daar samen en die van Mercator liggen onder- en bovenaan zijn vel papier even ver uit elkaar als bij de evenaar. Hij heeft dus op zijn kaart een noord- en een zuidpool van 40.000 kilometer 'breed'. Zover laat hij het echter niet komen. De remedie is simpel: zet nooit de noord- of zuidpool op de kaart.

98. Mercator Publications gerardus mercator de Repelmunda Vragen bij de biografie eumln / Theo Penneman . De godsdienstige ideeën van gerardus mercator / MH de Lang. http://www.maphist.nl/ct/mercator.html

Mercator Publications Peter van der Krogt The Mercator Years 1994 and 1995: a review In 1994 it was 400th anniversary of Gerard Mercator's death, in 1995 it was the 400th anniversary of the publication of Mercator's Atlas. Exhibitions with catalogues, books, symposiums and more frivolous activities: everything was done several times. The subject Mercator had already the largest number of titles in the 1993 Bibliography of the History of Cartography of the Netherlands; in 1994, 1995, and later dozens of more or less valuable titles are added. In the personal review (published in the above mentioned journals) some clarity is created in the chaos of publications. In the article reviews are presented of the exhibitions and publications. In the annex, which is given also here, first the separate publications are listed, secondly the individual contributions in those publications are presented in a systematic way: A. General contributions A1 biographical A2 philosophical and cosmological A3 theological ... D: Varia Separate publications Belgium B-I Mercator van Rupelmonde B-II B-III Sterren in beelden: astrologie in de eeuw van Mercator.

99. Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus, M. Watelet, 9061533139 - Boek gerardus mercator Rupelmundanus, M. Watelet, 9061533139. http://www.amerigo.nl/biografie/mercator/9061533139.html

M. Watelet (red) fotoboek gebonden 34 x 26 cm 448 pagina's 350 kleur illustraties 100 z/w illustraties isbn 9061533139 mercator bestel amerigo.nl Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus Gerard Mercator wordt algemeen beschouwd als de grote vernieuwer van de cartografie in de zestiende eeuw. Studerend en werkend in de wetenschappelijke centra Leuven en Duisburg, in voortdurend contact met talrijke briljante persoonlijkheden van zijn tijd, enorm belezen en veelzijdig, verschijnt deze Vlaming, geboortig uit Rupelmonde, ons als een rasechte humanist: geen beoefenaar van één geïsoleerd onderdeel van de wetenschap maar een geleerde die een echte kosmografie trachtte te realiseren. Het is echter vooral als cartograaf dat hij beroemd is gebleven. Mercators kaart van Europa van 1554 was een meesterwerk van kritische nauwkeurigheid, en zijn wereldkaart uit 1569 introduceerde een grote vernieuwing in de navigatie: de Mercatorprojectie of cilinderprojectie met wassende breedtegraden, de bekroning van dertig jaar studie om de zeekaarten te verbeteren. Een internationale schare auteurs belicht de belangrijkste aspecten van Mercators oeuvre, zijn rijke persoonlijkheid en zijn historische betekenis. In de gediversifieerde iconografie vormen de kaarten van Mercator uiteraard een fascinerende rode draad. Aldus krijgt de lezer een schitterend beeld van de zestiende eeuw, de dageraad van de moderne tijd, en van een vaan haar meest prominente vertegenwoordigers.

100. Mercator Projection The mercator projection was developed in 1569 by gerardus mercator as a navigationtool. Like the Peters map, the grid is rectangular and lines of latitude http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030201b.htm

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