gerardus mercator

1. 1.

   Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)

   SynonymsMercatorGerhard Kremer

   Broadergeographer

Questions about gerardus mercator

What does gerardus mercator mean?

gerardus mercator means "Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)".

What is another word for gerardus mercator?

Close synonyms include Mercator, Gerhard Kremer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.