(Friday, March 5, 1512) — Cartographer Gerardus Mercator, creator of the Mercator Projection map of the world, was born today in Rupelmonde in the Hapsburg County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire.
(Friday, March 5, 1512) — Cartographer Gerardus Mercator, creator of the Mercator Projection map of the world, was born today in Rupelmonde in the Hapsburg County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire.