Gerardus Mercator (English Wikipedia)

Woodward 1987, Chapter 54. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Woodward 1987. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum may be viewed online. It includes the Mercator maps of the Holy Land, Flanders, Britain and the world (1569).
Taylor 2004, p. 139. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Taylor 2004, pp. 156–166, Chapter 14. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Taylor 2004, p. 185, Chapter 17. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Taylor 2004, Chapter 21. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Taylor 2004, Chapter 19. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Stevenson 1921, p. 102. Stevenson, Edward Luther (1921), Terrestrial and celestial globes : their history and construction, including a consideration of their value as aids in the study of geography and astronomy (Volume 1, to 1600), Published for the Hispanic Society of America by the Yale University Press, OCLC 3283004. A facsimile of this book is available at Archive.org and a modern (clearer) transcription is available at Scientificlib.com
Stevenson 1921, pp. 124–135. Stevenson, Edward Luther (1921), Terrestrial and celestial globes : their history and construction, including a consideration of their value as aids in the study of geography and astronomy (Volume 1, to 1600), Published for the Hispanic Society of America by the Yale University Press, OCLC 3283004. A facsimile of this book is available at Archive.org and a modern (clearer) transcription is available at Scientificlib.com

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The gores for both Mercator globes held by the Bibliothèque Royale (Brussels) have been published in facsimile with a preface by Antoine de Smet ((Mercator & Smet 1968). High resolution images are available at the National Library of Australia (click on Browse). Mercator, Gerhard; Smet, Antoine de (1968), Les sphères terrestre et céleste de Gérard Mercator, 1541 et 1551 : reproductions anastatiques des fuseaux originaux, Editions Culture et Civilisation, retrieved 1 March 2016. See also the web site of the Galileo Museum globes
Woodward 1987, Chapter 54. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Woodward 1987. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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De Graeve 2012a has shown that Mercator's library contained a copy of the Theory of the Loxodrome by Pedro Nuñez. This was published in 1566, three years before Mercator completed the map on the new projection. De Graeve, Jan (2012a), "The Mathematical Library of a Genius", Le Livre & l'Estampe (Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique), 177: 6–202, OCLC 830346410. A brief summary of this book (in English) appears in Newsletter 44, p.24 of the Brussels Map Circle. There is also a review in Newsletter 45, p.7.
De Graeve 2012a. De Graeve, Jan (2012a), "The Mathematical Library of a Genius", Le Livre & l'Estampe (Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique), 177: 6–202, OCLC 830346410. A brief summary of this book (in English) appears in Newsletter 44, p.24 of the Brussels Map Circle. There is also a review in Newsletter 45, p.7.

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De Graeve 2012a has shown that Mercator's library contained a copy of the Theory of the Loxodrome by Pedro Nuñez. This was published in 1566, three years before Mercator completed the map on the new projection. De Graeve, Jan (2012a), "The Mathematical Library of a Genius", Le Livre & l'Estampe (Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique), 177: 6–202, OCLC 830346410. A brief summary of this book (in English) appears in Newsletter 44, p.24 of the Brussels Map Circle. There is also a review in Newsletter 45, p.7.
The text of Mercator's memorial is given in Van Raemdonck 1868, p. 227 and a translation may be found at Wikisource. Van Raemdonck, Jean (1868), Gerard Mercator: sa vie et ses oeuvres, St Nicolas (Sint Niklaas), Belgium{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). Reissued in facsimile by Adamant Media Corporation (ISBN 978-1-273-81235-4). It is also freely available at the Hathi Trust and Google books.
Mercator 1592. Mercator, Gerardus (1592), Evangelicae historiae quadripartita monas sive harmonia quatuor Evangelistarum. (Harmonization of the Gospels.) Many other copies listed at World Cat.
De Graeve 2012a. De Graeve, Jan (2012a), "The Mathematical Library of a Genius", Le Livre & l'Estampe (Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique), 177: 6–202, OCLC 830346410. A brief summary of this book (in English) appears in Newsletter 44, p.24 of the Brussels Map Circle. There is also a review in Newsletter 45, p.7.

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"Mercator" at Webster's Dictionary

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For the title see Mercator 1569. The text over the illustration is in via virtuti nulla est via, meaning no way is impassable to virtue (Ovid). Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
In the two online copies of the Chronologia listed under Mercator 1569 the first includes a mention of Luther for the year 1516 (bottom left), "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek". In the second the paragraph has been obliterated Hathi Trust. apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
The Atlas Minor may be viewed online at the Bavarian State Library
Mercator 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569, p. 262. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).

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For the title see Mercator 1569. The text over the illustration is in via virtuti nulla est via, meaning no way is impassable to virtue (Ovid). Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
In the two online copies of the Chronologia listed under Mercator 1569 the first includes a mention of Luther for the year 1516 (bottom left), "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek". In the second the paragraph has been obliterated Hathi Trust. apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569, p. 262. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).

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For further comments on the inaccuracies of the 1569 map see Mercator 1569 world map#Geography. For a discussion of the southern continent in particular see Zuber 2011 Zuber, Mike A. (2011). "The Armchair Discovery of the Unknown Southern Continent: Gerardus Mercator, Philosophical Pretensions and a Competitive Trade". Early Science and Medicine. 16 (6): 505–541. doi:10.1163/157338211X607772.
Projections used in the 1585 atlas: see Keuning 1947 Keuning, J. (1947), "The History of an Atlas: Mercator. Hondius", Imago Mundi, 4: 37–62, doi:10.1080/03085694708591880, JSTOR 1149747

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"Mercator's Google doodle".

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Gaspar & Leitão 2016. Gaspar, Alves Joaquim; Leitão, Henrique (2016), How Mercator Did It in 1569: From Tables of Rhumbs to a Cartographic Projection, European Mathematical Society. EMS Newsletter March 2016, p44.

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van der Krogt 1993. van der Krogt, Peter (1993), Globi neerlandici: The production of globes in the Low Countries, Hes & De Graaf, Bibcode:1993pglc.book.....V, ISBN 978-9061941385. A summary of this book is available online Archived 13 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

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De Graeve 2012b. De Graeve, Jan (2012b), Mercator: His contribution to surveying and cartography (PDF)

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The Octavo CD may be obtained from retailers such as Fine Books

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King 2017. King, Robert J (2017), "Marco Polo's Java and Locach on Mercator's world maps of 1538 and 1569, and globe of 1541", The Globe, 81: 41–61, Gale A492873066

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The terrestrial and celestial globes may be examined in high resolution at the Harvard Map Collection Archived 17 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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van der Krogt 1993. van der Krogt, Peter (1993), Globi neerlandici: The production of globes in the Low Countries, Hes & De Graaf, Bibcode:1993pglc.book.....V, ISBN 978-9061941385. A summary of this book is available online Archived 13 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

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For the title see Mercator 1569. The text over the illustration is in via virtuti nulla est via, meaning no way is impassable to virtue (Ovid). Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
In the two online copies of the Chronologia listed under Mercator 1569 the first includes a mention of Luther for the year 1516 (bottom left), "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek". In the second the paragraph has been obliterated Hathi Trust. apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
The text of Mercator's memorial is given in Van Raemdonck 1868, p. 227 and a translation may be found at Wikisource. Van Raemdonck, Jean (1868), Gerard Mercator: sa vie et ses oeuvres, St Nicolas (Sint Niklaas), Belgium{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). Reissued in facsimile by Adamant Media Corporation (ISBN 978-1-273-81235-4). It is also freely available at the Hathi Trust and Google books.
Mercator 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569, p. 262. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).

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For the title see Mercator 1569. The text over the illustration is in via virtuti nulla est via, meaning no way is impassable to virtue (Ovid). Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
In the two online copies of the Chronologia listed under Mercator 1569 the first includes a mention of Luther for the year 1516 (bottom left), "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek". In the second the paragraph has been obliterated Hathi Trust. apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569, p. 262. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).

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For the title see Mercator 1569. The text over the illustration is in via virtuti nulla est via, meaning no way is impassable to virtue (Ovid). Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
In the two online copies of the Chronologia listed under Mercator 1569 the first includes a mention of Luther for the year 1516 (bottom left), "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek". In the second the paragraph has been obliterated Hathi Trust. apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Mercator 1569, p. 262. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).

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Projections used in the 1585 atlas: see Keuning 1947 Keuning, J. (1947), "The History of an Atlas: Mercator. Hondius", Imago Mundi, 4: 37–62, doi:10.1080/03085694708591880, JSTOR 1149747

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For an (online) exegesis of the Harmonisation see Jonge 1990 Jonge, Henk Jan de (1990), Sixteenth Century Gospel Harmonies: Chemnitz and Mercator (PDF), OCLC 703539131. (Pages 155–166 of Théorie et pratique de l'exégèse. Actes du 3me colloque international sur l'histoire de l'exégèse biblique au XVIme siècle, Geneva, Droz, 1990),.

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The evidence for Mercator's place of birth is in his letter to Wollfgang Haller (Averdunk & Müller-Reinhard (1914, Letter 26), and Van Durme (1959, Letter 152)) and in the biography by his personal friend Ghim (1595). Averdunk, Heinrich; Müller-Reinhard, Josef (1914), Gerhard Mercator und die Geographen unter seinen Nachkommen (Gerardus Mercator and geographers among his descendants), Perthes, Gotha, OCLC 3283004. Reprinted by Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam 1969 (OCLC 911661875). WorldCat also lists an English edition (OCLC 557542582) Van Durme, Maurice (1959), Correspondance mercatorienne, Antwerp: Nederlandsche Boekhandel, OCLC 1189368 Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
Ghim 1595 simply states that Mercator read philosophy privately for two years. Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
Ghim 1595. Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.

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Mercator at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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The gores for both Mercator globes held by the Bibliothèque Royale (Brussels) have been published in facsimile with a preface by Antoine de Smet ((Mercator & Smet 1968). High resolution images are available at the National Library of Australia (click on Browse). Mercator, Gerhard; Smet, Antoine de (1968), Les sphères terrestre et céleste de Gérard Mercator, 1541 et 1551 : reproductions anastatiques des fuseaux originaux, Editions Culture et Civilisation, retrieved 1 March 2016. See also the web site of the Galileo Museum globes

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The gores for both Mercator globes held by the Bibliothèque Royale (Brussels) have been published in facsimile with a preface by Antoine de Smet ((Mercator & Smet 1968). High resolution images are available at the National Library of Australia (click on Browse). Mercator, Gerhard; Smet, Antoine de (1968), Les sphères terrestre et céleste de Gérard Mercator, 1541 et 1551 : reproductions anastatiques des fuseaux originaux, Editions Culture et Civilisation, retrieved 1 March 2016. See also the web site of the Galileo Museum globes

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The evidence for Mercator's place of birth is in his letter to Wollfgang Haller (Averdunk & Müller-Reinhard (1914, Letter 26), and Van Durme (1959, Letter 152)) and in the biography by his personal friend Ghim (1595). Averdunk, Heinrich; Müller-Reinhard, Josef (1914), Gerhard Mercator und die Geographen unter seinen Nachkommen (Gerardus Mercator and geographers among his descendants), Perthes, Gotha, OCLC 3283004. Reprinted by Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam 1969 (OCLC 911661875). WorldCat also lists an English edition (OCLC 557542582) Van Durme, Maurice (1959), Correspondance mercatorienne, Antwerp: Nederlandsche Boekhandel, OCLC 1189368 Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
Ghim 1595 simply states that Mercator read philosophy privately for two years. Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
Ghim 1595. Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.

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Stevenson 1921, p. 102. Stevenson, Edward Luther (1921), Terrestrial and celestial globes : their history and construction, including a consideration of their value as aids in the study of geography and astronomy (Volume 1, to 1600), Published for the Hispanic Society of America by the Yale University Press, OCLC 3283004. A facsimile of this book is available at Archive.org and a modern (clearer) transcription is available at Scientificlib.com
Stevenson 1921, pp. 124–135. Stevenson, Edward Luther (1921), Terrestrial and celestial globes : their history and construction, including a consideration of their value as aids in the study of geography and astronomy (Volume 1, to 1600), Published for the Hispanic Society of America by the Yale University Press, OCLC 3283004. A facsimile of this book is available at Archive.org and a modern (clearer) transcription is available at Scientificlib.com

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A facsimile of the Mercator contributions in the Atlas of Europe has been published by Watelet 1997 Watelet, Marcel, ed. (1997), The Mercator Atlas of Europe: Facsimile of the Maps by Gerardus Mercator Contained in the Atlas of Europe, circa 1570–1572, Walking Tree Press, PO Box 871, Pleasant Hill, OR 97455, ISBN 978-0-9659735-7-1. Includes 17 facsimile maps and an introduction and 4 other articles: The atlas of Europe (Marcel Watelet), Atlas, birth of a title (James R. Akerman), The map of Europe (Arthur Dürst, The British Isles (Peter M. Barber), The 1569 world map (Mireille Pastoureau). Abstracts. A substantial excerpt of Barber's article appeared in the Mercator's World magazine.
Barber 1998, pp. 43–77. Barber, Peter M. (1998). "The British Isles". In Watelet, Marcel (ed.). The Mercator Atlas of Europe: Facsimile of the Maps of Gerardus Mercator Contained in the Atlas of Europe, circa 1570—1572. Pleasant Hill, Oreg.: Walking Tree Press. pp. 43–77.
Watelet 1997. Watelet, Marcel, ed. (1997), The Mercator Atlas of Europe: Facsimile of the Maps by Gerardus Mercator Contained in the Atlas of Europe, circa 1570–1572, Walking Tree Press, PO Box 871, Pleasant Hill, OR 97455, ISBN 978-0-9659735-7-1. Includes 17 facsimile maps and an introduction and 4 other articles: The atlas of Europe (Marcel Watelet), Atlas, birth of a title (James R. Akerman), The map of Europe (Arthur Dürst, The British Isles (Peter M. Barber), The 1569 world map (Mireille Pastoureau). Abstracts. A substantial excerpt of Barber's article appeared in the Mercator's World magazine.

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Mercator's birth and death dates are given in Vita Mercatoris (The life of Mercator) by his friend and first biographer Walter Ghim. This was published in the preface to the Atlas of 1595. A translation is given in Sullivan (2000), pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94 Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
The full text of Ghim's biography is translated in Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94. Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
See Karrow (2000) for a discussion of concept of the term atlas. Karrow, Robert William (2000), An introduction to the Mercator atlas of 1595. This commentary, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version. from the New York Society Library, pages 1–20 of the introduction to the atlas (pdf pages 2–21).
The terrestrial and celestial globes may be examined in high resolution at the Harvard Map Collection Archived 17 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Martens 2012. Martens, Jos (2012). "New life for an old atlas with a new world view. Gerard Mercator and the reissue of the Mercator – Hondius atlas from 1607". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)This website is a digital resource for teachers of history in the Netherlands. The article is in Dutch but there is a link to an English version. ().
Woodward 1987, Chapter 54. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Sullivan 2000, p. 2. Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
Woodward 1987. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
van der Krogt 1993. van der Krogt, Peter (1993), Globi neerlandici: The production of globes in the Low Countries, Hes & De Graaf, Bibcode:1993pglc.book.....V, ISBN 978-9061941385. A summary of this book is available online Archived 13 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
Sullivan 2000, p. 458 (pdf). Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
Sullivan 2000, pp. 165–190. Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.

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It is known that Pieter de Corte, an ex-rector of the university, wrote to Queen Maria of Hungary, governor of the province. See Crane 2003, p. 156, Chapter 15 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.

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Orbis Imago is a reference to the text in the legend (cartouche) at the top centre of the map. The first sentence contains the phrase hic vides orbis imaginem which translates as this image of the globe that you see. Text
Mercator's letter to Perrenot is available on wikiquote (along with an introduction by Harradon).
The text of Mercator's memorial is given in Van Raemdonck 1868, p. 227 and a translation may be found at Wikisource. Van Raemdonck, Jean (1868), Gerard Mercator: sa vie et ses oeuvres, St Nicolas (Sint Niklaas), Belgium{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). Reissued in facsimile by Adamant Media Corporation (ISBN 978-1-273-81235-4). It is also freely available at the Hathi Trust and Google books.
Mercator 1554. Mercator, Gerardus (1554), Declaratio insigniorum utilitatum quae sunt in globo terrestri : coelesti, et annulo astronomico ad invictissimum romanum imperatorem Carolum Quintum. (A description of the most important applications of the terrestrial and celestial globes and the astronomical ring. For the most invincible Roman Emperor Charles V.), Duisburg. Reprinted in 1868 with a commentary by Jean van Raemdonck. (OCLC 459842538). For the Latin text and a German translation see Krücken (1996). A rough (partial) translation is on wikiquote

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Wiktionary definition of atlas

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A speculative model of the double globe was constructed by Wilhelm Kruecken for the Duisburg commemorations of the 400th anniversary of Mercator's death.

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The evidence for Mercator's place of birth is in his letter to Wollfgang Haller (Averdunk & Müller-Reinhard (1914, Letter 26), and Van Durme (1959, Letter 152)) and in the biography by his personal friend Ghim (1595). Averdunk, Heinrich; Müller-Reinhard, Josef (1914), Gerhard Mercator und die Geographen unter seinen Nachkommen (Gerardus Mercator and geographers among his descendants), Perthes, Gotha, OCLC 3283004. Reprinted by Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam 1969 (OCLC 911661875). WorldCat also lists an English edition (OCLC 557542582) Van Durme, Maurice (1959), Correspondance mercatorienne, Antwerp: Nederlandsche Boekhandel, OCLC 1189368 Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
The letters of Erasmus quoted in Crane 2003, p. 33 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
The university statutes stated explicitly that to disbelieve the teaching of Aristotle was heretical and would be punished by expulsion. See Crane 2003, pp. 46–47, Chapter 4 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
There is uncertainty as to whether he was away in Antwerp for a single long period or whether he simply made a number of visits. See Osley 1969, p. 20, footnote 2 Osley, Arthur Sidney (1969), Mercator, a monograph on the lettering of maps, etc. in the 16th century Netherlands, with a facsimile and translation of his treatise on the italic hand and a translation of Ghim's 'Vita Mercatoris', London: Faber and Faber, OCLC 256563091. Osley's translation is pages 185–194. For another translation of 'Vita Mercatoris' see Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
See Horst 2011, p. 49, Crane 2003, p. 58 Horst, Thomas (2011), Le monde en cartes : Gérard Mercator (1512–1594) et le premier atlas du monde, Paris: Mercator Fonds, OCLC 798942258 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
From the dedication to the volume of Ptolemy Mercator published in 1578. See Crane 2003, p. 54 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Some of the correspondence of Mercator and Melanchthon has been preserved. See Van Durme 1959 Van Durme, Maurice (1959), Correspondance mercatorienne, Antwerp: Nederlandsche Boekhandel, OCLC 1189368
The persecution of heretics is discussed in Crane 2003, p. 149, Chapter 14 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
It is known that Pieter de Corte, an ex-rector of the university, wrote to Queen Maria of Hungary, governor of the province. See Crane 2003, p. 156, Chapter 15 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Other refugees in Duisburg included Johannes Oeste (or Otho), Georg Cassander and Cornelius Wouters. See Crane 2003, p. 191, Chapter 19 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Mercator's workshops produced items such as globes in a steady stream. The records of the Plantin Press show that they received 1150 maps and globes from Mercator over a thirty year period (Clair 1987; Voets 1962, pp. 171–232; Imhof 2012, pp. 103–114): in particular they sold 185 copies of the 1569 world map in three years. At the same time Mercator was selling items at the regular international Frankfurt Book Fair and selling direct from his own workshop. Clair, Colin (1987), Christopher Plantin, London: Plantin Publishers, ISBN 978-1-870495-01-1, OCLC 468070695. (First published in 1960 by Cassel, London.) Voets, Leon (1962). "Les relations commerciales entre Gérard Mercator et la maison Plantinienne à Anvers". Duisburger Forschungen. 6: 171–232. Imhof, Dirk (2012), "Gerard Mercator and the Officina Plantiniana", Mercator: exploring new horizons, BAI. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Plantin-Moretus Museum.
For a description see Crane 2003, Chapter 17 Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
For the title see Mercator 1569. The text over the illustration is in via virtuti nulla est via, meaning no way is impassable to virtue (Ovid). Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
In the two online copies of the Chronologia listed under Mercator 1569 the first includes a mention of Luther for the year 1516 (bottom left), "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek". In the second the paragraph has been obliterated Hathi Trust. apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
De Graeve 2012a has shown that Mercator's library contained a copy of the Theory of the Loxodrome by Pedro Nuñez. This was published in 1566, three years before Mercator completed the map on the new projection. De Graeve, Jan (2012a), "The Mathematical Library of a Genius", Le Livre & l'Estampe (Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique), 177: 6–202, OCLC 830346410. A brief summary of this book (in English) appears in Newsletter 44, p.24 of the Brussels Map Circle. There is also a review in Newsletter 45, p.7.
For an (online) exegesis of the Harmonisation see Jonge 1990 Jonge, Henk Jan de (1990), Sixteenth Century Gospel Harmonies: Chemnitz and Mercator (PDF), OCLC 703539131. (Pages 155–166 of Théorie et pratique de l'exégèse. Actes du 3me colloque international sur l'histoire de l'exégèse biblique au XVIme siècle, Geneva, Droz, 1990),.
Crane 2003, pp. 10–13, Chapter 1. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, pp. 14, Chapter 2. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, Chapter 3. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, Chapter 4. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Horst 2011, p. 49. Horst, Thomas (2011), Le monde en cartes : Gérard Mercator (1512–1594) et le premier atlas du monde, Paris: Mercator Fonds, OCLC 798942258
Crane 2003, p. 54. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Osley 1969, p. 20, footnote 2. Osley, Arthur Sidney (1969), Mercator, a monograph on the lettering of maps, etc. in the 16th century Netherlands, with a facsimile and translation of his treatise on the italic hand and a translation of Ghim's 'Vita Mercatoris', London: Faber and Faber, OCLC 256563091. Osley's translation is pages 185–194. For another translation of 'Vita Mercatoris' see Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
Crane 2003, Chapters 5 and 6. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, Chapters 7 and 8. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, pp. 86, 91, Chapter 8. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, Chapter 9. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 149, Chapter 14. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 110, Chapter 10. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Osley 1969, p. 28. Osley, Arthur Sidney (1969), Mercator, a monograph on the lettering of maps, etc. in the 16th century Netherlands, with a facsimile and translation of his treatise on the italic hand and a translation of Ghim's 'Vita Mercatoris', London: Faber and Faber, OCLC 256563091. Osley's translation is pages 185–194. For another translation of 'Vita Mercatoris' see Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
Crane 2003, pp. 142–145, Chapter 14. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane (2003, Chapter 15) Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 155, Chapter 15. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 154, Chapter 15. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Van Durme (1959) p15. Letter to Antoine Perrenot Van Durme, Maurice (1959), Correspondance mercatorienne, Antwerp: Nederlandsche Boekhandel, OCLC 1189368
Karrow 1993, p. 383. Karrow, Robert William (1993), Mapmakers of the sixteenth century and their maps: bio-bibliographies of the cartographers of Abraham Ortelius, 1570 : based on Leo Bagrow's A. Ortelii Catalogus cartographorum, Speculum Orbis Press for the Newberry Library, ISBN 9780932757050, OCLC 28491057
Crane 2003, p. 167, Chapter 16. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 165, Chapter 16. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 197, Chapter 19. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Van Durme 1959. Van Durme, Maurice (1959), Correspondance mercatorienne, Antwerp: Nederlandsche Boekhandel, OCLC 1189368
Crane 2003, p. 173, Chapter 16. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 178, Chapter 17. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 194, Chapter 19. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Taylor 2004, p. 139. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Crane 2003, p. 193, Chapter 19. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 222, Chapter 22. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 320, Epilogue. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, pp. 189–205, Chapter 19. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Taylor 2004, pp. 156–166, Chapter 14. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Woodward 1987, Chapter 54. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Crane 2003, p. 212, Chapter 21. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Mercator 1569. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Crane 2003, pp. 223–228, Chapters 23. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Taylor 2004, p. 185, Chapter 17. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Mercator 1569, p. 262. Mercator, Gerardus (1569), Chronologia, Hoc Est Temporvm Demonstratio Exactissima, Ab Initio Mvndi, Vsqve Ad Annvm Domini M.D.LXVIII. Ex Eclipsibvs Et Observationibvs Astronomicis omnium temporum concinnata. ('A chronology, a very accurate of recorded time from the beginning of the world until AD1568. Elaborated from astronomical observations of eclipses for all times.), Duisburg: Arnoldi Birkmanni, OCLC 165787166. There are PDF downloads, at the Bayerische Bibliothek (title page) and also the Hathi Trust (catalogue and title page).
Crane 2003, pp. 217–228, Chapters 22 and 23. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, Chapter 24. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Taylor 2004, Chapter 21. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Crane 2003, Chapter 26. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Taylor 2004, Chapter 19. Taylor, Andrew (2004), The world of Gerard Mercator, Walker, ISBN 0-8027-1377-7, OCLC 55207983
Crane 2003, p. 308, Chapter 30. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 318, Chapter 31. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
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Crane 2003, p. 325, Epilogue. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Woodward 1987. Woodward, David, ed. (1987), The History of Cartography, Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance, University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-90732-1, OCLC 166342669. Chapter 6 on Globes in Renaissance Europe by Dekker is available online. Chapter 44 on "Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672" by Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt is also available online. Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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Crane 2003, p. 346, n14, Chapter 13. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 170, Chapter 16. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 103, Chapter 9. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, Chapter 11. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, p. 119, Chapter 11. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
Crane 2003, Chapter 19. Crane, Nicholas (2003). Mercator: the man who mapped the planet (paperback ed.). London: Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd). ISBN 0-7538-1692-X. OCLC 493338836. Original hardback edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London), 2002. Published in New York by H. Holt.
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Mercator's birth and death dates are given in Vita Mercatoris (The life of Mercator) by his friend and first biographer Walter Ghim. This was published in the preface to the Atlas of 1595. A translation is given in Sullivan (2000), pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94 Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
The full text of Ghim's biography is translated in Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94. Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
The evidence for Mercator's place of birth is in his letter to Wollfgang Haller (Averdunk & Müller-Reinhard (1914, Letter 26), and Van Durme (1959, Letter 152)) and in the biography by his personal friend Ghim (1595). Averdunk, Heinrich; Müller-Reinhard, Josef (1914), Gerhard Mercator und die Geographen unter seinen Nachkommen (Gerardus Mercator and geographers among his descendants), Perthes, Gotha, OCLC 3283004. Reprinted by Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam 1969 (OCLC 911661875). WorldCat also lists an English edition (OCLC 557542582) Van Durme, Maurice (1959), Correspondance mercatorienne, Antwerp: Nederlandsche Boekhandel, OCLC 1189368 Ghim, Walter (1595), Vita Mercatoris. The latin text is included was printed in the 1595 atlas which may be viewed at websites such as the Library of Congress or the Darlington Library at the University of Pittsburgh. For translations see Osley (1969) pages 185–194 and Sullivan (2000) pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94.
See Karrow (2000) for a discussion of concept of the term atlas. Karrow, Robert William (2000), An introduction to the Mercator atlas of 1595. This commentary, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version. from the New York Society Library, pages 1–20 of the introduction to the atlas (pdf pages 2–21).
Mercator 1554. Mercator, Gerardus (1554), Declaratio insigniorum utilitatum quae sunt in globo terrestri : coelesti, et annulo astronomico ad invictissimum romanum imperatorem Carolum Quintum. (A description of the most important applications of the terrestrial and celestial globes and the astronomical ring. For the most invincible Roman Emperor Charles V.), Duisburg. Reprinted in 1868 with a commentary by Jean van Raemdonck. (OCLC 459842538). For the Latin text and a German translation see Krücken (1996). A rough (partial) translation is on wikiquote
Mercator 1592. Mercator, Gerardus (1592), Evangelicae historiae quadripartita monas sive harmonia quatuor Evangelistarum. (Harmonization of the Gospels.) Many other copies listed at World Cat.
Sullivan 2000, p. 2. Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
Sullivan 2000, p. 458 (pdf). Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.
Sullivan 2000, pp. 165–190. Sullivan, David (2000), A translation of the full text of the Mercator atlas of 1595. This translation, which accompanies the facsimile edition of the 1595 atlas published by Octavo (OCLC 48878698), is freely available in an archived version from the New York Society Library.