gptkbp:instanceOf
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cartographer
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1512-03-05
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Rupelmonde,_County_of_Flanders,_Habsburg_Netherlands
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gptkbp:category
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16th-century cartographers
Flemish scientists
People from Kruibeke
University of Leuven alumni
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Arnold_Mercator
gptkb:Dorothea_Mercator
gptkb:Rumold_Mercator
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1594-12-02
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Duisburg,_Duchy_of_Cleves,_Holy_Roman_Empire
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Leuven
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
cartography
geography
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Gerardus_Mercator
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gptkbp:honor
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gptkb:Mercator_Institute_for_Media,_Languages_and_Culture
gptkb:Mercator_Museum_in_Sint-Niklaas,_Belgium
gptkb:Mercator_crater_on_the_Moon
Mercator projection named after him
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mercator
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gptkbp:influenced
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cartography
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Mercator_projection
gptkb:Titan
world maps
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Latin
Dutch
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gptkbp:nationality
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Flemish
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Atlas_sive_Cosmographicae_Meditationes_de_Fabrica_Mundi_et_Fabricati_Figura_(1595)
gptkb:Mercator_projection_(1569)
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:geologist
gptkb:mathematician
cartographer
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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first use of the term 'atlas' for a collection of maps
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Duisburg,_Germany
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gptkbp:signature
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Gerardus Mercator signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Barbara_Schellekens
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Emirates_Group
gptkb:Зоран_Янкович
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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