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Arnold Mercator

German cartographer

  • Fame39.1
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  • Wikipedia256
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Lived 1537–1587, aged 50
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    1537–1587
    Aged 50
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Updated 2026-08-24

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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