Mercator
mer·ca·tor
noun
1.
Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)
Origin
From Gerardus Mercator, Latinized name of Gerard de Cremer (1512-1594), Flemish cartographer and mathematician, from Latin mercātor (“merchant”).
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