Mercator and his 1569 World Map

2020-11-06T11:26:01+00:00April 26th, 2018|Heritage|

Mercator’s 1569 World Map: it introduced his projection, but the content was also partly based on the ‘portolan’ charts which featured navigational observations by sailors at sea Mercator’s projection proved to be one of the most significant advances in cartography; it heralded a new era in the evolution of maps and charts and is still [...]