Gerhard Kremer
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Gerhard Kremer, better known by his Latinized name Gerardus Mercator, was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer renowned for creating the Mercator projection, a revolutionary world map used for navigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerhard Kremer canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Flemish person
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cartographer ⓘ cosmographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gerardus Mercator
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Gerhard Mercator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1512-03-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
County of Flanders
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Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupelmonde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Duchy of Cleves
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Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBaptism | 1512-03-05 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1594-12-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Duchy of Cleves
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Duisburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developed | cylindrical map projection for navigation ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Leuven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Leuven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Renaissance ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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geography ⓘ mapmaking ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent | Rumold Mercator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Mercator atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern cartography
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nautical navigation ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Claudius Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
16th-century world maps
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advances in navigation cartography ⓘ creating the Mercator projection ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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German ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| name | Gerhard Kremer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Flemish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura
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Mercator projection NERFINISHED ⓘ world map of 1569 ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
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cosmographer ⓘ geographer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Duisburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Duisburg
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Leuven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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