Mercator

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cartographer
gptkbp:birthDate 1512-03-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Rupelmonde,_County_of_Flanders,_Habsburg_Netherlands
gptkbp:category 16th-century cartographers
Flemish scientists
People from Kruibeke
University of Leuven alumni
gptkbp:children gptkb:Arnold_Mercator
gptkb:Dorothea_Mercator
gptkb:Rumold_Mercator
gptkbp:deathDate 1594-12-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Duisburg,_Duchy_of_Cleves,_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Leuven
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
cartography
geography
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Gerardus_Mercator
gptkbp:honor 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mercator
gptkbp:influenced cartography
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Mercator_projection
gptkb:Titan
world maps
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Latin
Dutch
gptkbp:nationality Flemish
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Atlas_sive_Cosmographicae_Meditationes_de_Fabrica_Mundi_et_Fabricati_Figura_(1595)
gptkb:Mercator_projection_(1569)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:geologist
gptkb:mathematician
cartographer
gptkbp:publishedIn first use of the term 'atlas' for a collection of maps
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Duisburg,_Germany
gptkbp:signature Gerardus Mercator signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Schellekens
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Emirates_Group
gptkb:Зоран_Янкович
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6