Gerardus Mercator
Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.
