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Bust of Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus

Bust of Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus

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Bust of Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus

Name: Bust of Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus
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Location: East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Viviane

June 10, 2024

Gerard Mercator (originally Gerard De Kremer or De Cremer; Latin: Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus, "Gerard de Kremer of Rupelmonde") (Rupelmonde, March 5, 1512 - Duisburg, December 2, 1594) was a cartographer, instrument maker and engraver, originally from the County Flanders and the Waasland who was already considered the "Ptolemy of his time" during his lifetime.[source?] He was the first to apply a true-to-angle map projection; later named Mercator projection after him.
Mercator saw himself much more as a scientific cosmographer than as someone who had to make a living by making and selling maps. His production remained limited. He is known for a pair of globes, five wall maps and an unfinished cosmography. He also introduced the word atlas. This word at that time included all the maps of the cosmos; so of both the universe and the earth. His products, which Mercator mainly manufactured in the German Rhine city of Duisburg, had a significant influence on later commercial map makers in the Netherlands.
source: Wikipedia

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DirkWi

March 9, 2025

It is of course no coincidence that a bust of Mercator was placed here, in the garden of Huis Janssens. After all, the Mercator collection is in the house, at least for a while, because from 3 April until the end of 2025 the Mercator Museum will close its doors. During that time it will move to the nearby SteM (Stedelijk Museum).
The importance of Mercator can hardly be overestimated.
"If Gerard Mercator had not been there, we would not have GPS devices today." is what can be read on the museum's website.
Mercator was the one who introduced the atlas as a 'coherent collection of maps'. Even today, every seagoing vessel uses maps based on his projections. The maps used in GPS trackers are also derived from Mercator's 16th-century projection of the world.
Source: museasintniklaas.be

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