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Mercator Museum, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium offers a rich collection of objects and maps created by Mercator and other cartographers.

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English: Mercator Museum. Gerardus Mercator (Gerard De Kremer or Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus), was born in Rupelmonde 1512 and died in Duisburg 1594. He was decisive for the development and expansion of cartography. Mercator came up with the ‘Mercator projection’ (cylindrical map projection), named after him and introduced also the word 'atlas'. Did you know that the font ‘Italic’ was also introduced by Mercator? His work had a decisive influence on later cartographers. Sailors were more than grateful to him for the work he did. The museum offers a rich collection of objects and maps created by Mercator and other cartographers. You will find objects and maps from a period of time from the 16th century to the present. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator and https://www.museasintniklaas.be/
Nederlands: Mercator Museum. Gerardus Mercator (Gerard De Kremer of Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus, werd geboren in Rupelmonde 1512 en overleed in Duisburg 1594. Hij was bepalend voor de ontwikkeling en uitbouw van de cartografie. Mercator bedacht de naar hem genaamde mercatorprojectie (cilinderprojectie) en introduceerde het woord ‘atlas’. Wist je dat het ‘Italic’ lettertype eveneens door Mercator werd geïntroduceerd? Zijn werk had een bepalende invloed op latere cartografen. Zeevaarders waren hem meer dan dankbaar voor het werk dat hij leverde. Her museum biedt een rijke verzameling van objecten en kaarten door Mercator en andere cartografen gecreëerd. Je vindt er objecten en kaarten uit een tijdsspanne van 16de eeuw tot heden. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator en https://www.museasintniklaas.be/
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