Arnold Mercator

German cartographer · Scientists · Lived 1537 to 1587 · aged 49

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Arnold or Arnoldus Mercator was a Southern Netherlandish cartographer, mathematician and classical philologist. He was the eldest son of cartographer Gerardus Mercator and a brother of Rumold Mercator.

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City map of Cologne by Mercator; detail of the town hall

Map of Iceland, 1558

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Cornelius Gemma42.1 Mathew Baker39.1

Anthony de Montserrat42.8 Joannes van Doetecum I38.7

Gian Vincenzo Pinelli43.1 Giuseppe Moletti38.5

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