# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mercator-cooper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:31:23.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mercator-cooper"
name: "Mercator Cooper"
slug: "mercator-cooper"
description: "Mercator Cooper was a ship's captain who is credited with the first formal American visit near Edo, Japan and the first formal landing on the mainland East Antarctica."
tagline: "American whaler (1803–1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mercator_Cooper.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1803-09-29"
deathDate: "1872"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.082290666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Mercator Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "مركاتور كوبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_Cooper"
    title: "Mercator Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_Cooper"
    title: "Mercator Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_Cooper"
    title: "Mercator Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "مرکاتور کوپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_Cooper"
    title: "Mercator Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_Cooper"
    title: "Mercator Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC"
    title: "マーケイター・クーパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2396187"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump