What is the content of the Mercator 1569 world map?

This article is about the content of the Mercator 1569 World map. For details of the projection, see Mercator projection. For biographical details, see Gerardus Mercator.

Where can I find a copy of Mercator’s map?

Many paper reproductions of all four maps have been made. Those at full scale, providing access to the detail and the artistry of Mercator’s engraving, are listed next. Images of the Basil, Paris, and Rotterdam impressions can be found online. The Basel map is the cleanest of the three extant versions.

When did Gerard Mercator draw his first map?

Gerard Mercator (Kremer) was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain. He drawn his first map in 1537 and became a cartographer and globe maker. In 1552 he moved to Duisburg, Germany where he published his famous 18-sheet world map in 1569 with his own new projection, today called Mercator projection.

What’s the difference between Mercator and web Mercators?

It uses the same formulas as the standard Mercator as used for small-scale maps. However, the Web Mercator uses the spherical formulas at all scales whereas large-scale Mercator maps normally use the ellipsoidal form of the projection.

How is the Mercator projection related to the size of each country?

A relation between the Mercator projection and the true size of each country. As on all map projections, shapes or sizes are distortions of the true layout of the Earth’s surface. The Mercator projection exaggerates areas far from the equator.

Why is Google Maps stuck on the Mercator projection?

But the problem extends way beyond the classroom. Incredibly, even Google Maps is stuck on the Mercator projection. When the internet has inherited internal bias, a bad idea can spread like an epidemic.