101. Gerardus Mercator - Free-definition by more info . Search. gerardus mercator. Artikel auf Deutsch Gerhard mercator;Artículo en español gerardus mercator http://www.free-definition.com/Gerardus-Mercator.html

by more info Search: Gerardus Mercator Artikel auf Deutsch: Gerhard Mercator Art­culo en espa±ol: Gerardus Mercator Gerardus Mercator March 5 December 2 ) was a famous Flemish cartographer , remembered for the Mercator projection named after him. Born Gerard de Cremere (or Kremer) in Rupelmonde . "Mercator" is the Latinized form of his name. It means "merchant" or "marketeer". Educated in 's-Hertogenbosch and at the University of Louvain . He travelled extensively, which provoked a keen interest in geography . He returned to Louvain and worked with Gemma Frisius and Gaspar Myrica. They worked together from to to construct a terrestrial globe . Later, Mercator produced a map of Palestine ), another map of the world ( ) and a map of Flanders ( Mercator was charged with heresy in and spent seven months in prison. In , he moved to Duisburg where he opened a cartographic workshop. He completed a six-panel map of Europe ( ) and he taught mathematics . He produced more maps and he was appointed Court Cosmographer to Duke Wilhelm of Cleve in . He devised a new projection and first used it in ; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as compass courses could be marked as straight lines. He took the word

102. Mercator Terrestrial Floor Globe - Reproduction Globe copperplate gores made in cooperation with the Royal Library in Bruxelles.The famous Dutch cartographer gerardus mercator engraved the charts in 1541. http://www.1worldglobes.com/1WorldGlobes/GLAM/glam002w.htm

Visit... 1-World Maps Online "Classroom quality maps." raised relief maps, wall maps, historical maps www.worldmapsonline.com A GLOBE MAKES AN IDEAL GIFT. WORLD GLOBE GEMSTONE GLOBE FLOOR GLOBE DESK GLOBE 1-W o rld Gl o ... Checkout Call toll-free (US) to order: 1-877-884-2402 or fax: (206)781-1401 Click here to see our NEW GLOBE ITEMS Extra-Large Floor Globes Large Globes - Floor ... Globe Clocks 1-World Global Gifts SALE !!! Sundials Antique Globes History of Mapping ... Win a Globe Mercator Terrestrial Floor Globe Reproduction Globe Elegant and impressive in its Renaissance craftsmanship. Tapering penny feet with masterfully hand wrought "Nurmberg" knot on upright stem. Reprints of the original copperplate gores made in cooperation with the Royal Library in Bruxelles. The famous Dutch cartographer Gerardus Mercator (see biography below) engraved the charts in 1541.

103. Mercator - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia mercator can also refer to the mercator projection or to 16th century mapmaker Except in Slovenia, mercator has its supermarkets operating in Bosnia and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator

104. The Mercator Projection An article by Fred Roeder in the Professional Surveyor describes why and howGerardus mercator developed The mercator Chart. http://baby.indstate.edu/gga/gga_cart/gecart86.htm

THE MERCATOR CHART Gerardus Mercator Developed for navigation, the strength of the Mercator Chart is its conformality. That is, at any intersection of longitude and latitude, it maintains all angular relationships thus correct azimuths. For a navigator, then, a straight line plotted from point A to point B on the chart would represent a rhumb line. A rhumb crosses all meridians at a constant azimuth allowing the navigator to set a compass orientation and proceed forthright. On The Mercator Chart a rhumb is always a straight line, whereas the corresponding great circle is a curved line (unlike the Gnomonic where the converse is true). Tissot's Indicatrix indicates numerically the property of conformality. Thus it is that The Mercator Chart is not a good map for global viewing (a better one for viewing might be Gall's ) but excellent for navigation. An article by Fred Roeder in the Professional Surveyor describes why and how Gerardus Mercator developed The Mercator Chart. The pages of this site are always being tweaked

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