"Mercator's World Maps"
Mercator Museum is home to some of Gerard Mercator's maps and globe works. Gerard can be credited for designing some of the first flattened maps that are still in use today. An exceptional cartographer, Mercator is also known to have produced the first world Atlas, and it was him who first coined the term 'Atlas' to refer to a collection of maps. Mercator also made a collection of globe maps, made on wooden or metal spheres. The Museum houses several of his flattened and globe maps, as well as his famous creation, the Mercator Map.
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"Mercator's World Maps"
Mercator Museum is home to some of Gerard Mercator's maps and globe works. Gerard can be credited for designing some of the first flattened maps that are still in use today. An exceptional cartographer, Mercator is also known to have produced the first world Atlas, and it was him who first coined the term 'Atlas' to refer to a collection of maps. Mercator also made a collection of globe maps, made on wooden or metal spheres. The Museum houses several of his flattened and globe maps, as well as his famous creation, the Mercator Map.
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