[DOC] [TLE] Gerardus Mercator | Flemish cartographer | Britannica.com [PAR] Flemish cartographer whose most important innovation was a map, embodying 
what was ... Gerardus Mercator ... He also introduced the term atlas for a 
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publish your... [DOC] [TLE] Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia [PAR] Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512  2 December 1594) was a cartographer 
renowned for creating a world map based on a new projection ... This was the 
first appearance of the word Atlas in a geographical context but Mercator used it 
.... Mercator must have been impressed by Monachus, his map collection and the 
famous... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of Gerardus Mercator | History Today [PAR] The Flemish cartographer was born on March 5th, 1512. Rumold ... It was also 
Mercator who first used the term 'atlas' for a collection of maps. He was born ... 
Subscribe today and get the world's best history magazine delivered to your door. [DOC] [TLE] Mercator projection [PAR] Knowing this, Gerardus Mercator invented a new projection based on the ... it is 
believed to have been independently reinvented by Mercator in 1569. ... he was 
the first person to apply the term atlas to a collection of maps in book form. ... He 
was the first cartographer to use latitude and longitude as an aid on sailors' maps
. [DOC] [TLE] Gerard Mercator: His Life and Works - JStor [PAR] the subject of the life and works of Gerard Mercator, the inventor ..... his death, 
however, his son Rumold published a collection of maps of Northern Europe... [DOC] [TLE] Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator was born on the 5 March ... [PAR] Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator's (1512-1594) map of the British Isles, 
..... I have heard it said that their natural language does not include the word, like
. ..... radar was invented that would allow map makers the ability to peer beneath 
the ..... Maps, Library Gifts, Library Shop, Blaeu British, Blaeu S, Maps I Collect. [DOC] [TLE] Map makers - Librairie Loeb-Larocque [PAR] Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under 
Gemma ... collection of maps to which, for the first time, the word 'Atlas' was 
applied. ... Gerard de Jode, born in Nijmegen, was a cartographer, engraver, 
printer and ... from religious persecution, he met William Camden whom he is 
said to have... [DOC] [TLE] The Debunker: Did Atlas Hold Up the Earth? - Woot [PAR] Feb 25, 2014 ... The Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who first coined the word atlas for 
a collection of maps, actually had in ... He was thinking of the mythical African 
king named Atlas, who was said to have invented the globe. [DOC] [TLE] Mercator - definition of Mercator by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Mercator synonyms, Mercator pronunciation, Mercator translation, English 
dictionary definition of Mercator. ... Flemish cartographer who developed the 
Mercator projection . n Gerardus . ... Get our app ... he invented the Mercator 
projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594) ... Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex 
clipart collection. [DOC] [TLE] Mercator Map of the North - Our Earth Is Hollow! [PAR] Mercator's map of the arctic appeared first as a vignette in his 1569 world map. ... 
his period to Latinize his name, he chose Gerardus Mercator de Rupelmonde. ... 
Mercator explained his choice with the words, "I have set this man Atlas, ... 
Mercator's Atlas was not the first publication of a systematic collection of modern 
maps. [DOC] [TLE] 12 Maps That Changed the World - The Atlantic [PAR] Dec 30, 2013 ... "All cultures have always believed that the map they valorize is real ... There are, 
in other words, no perfect mapsjust maps that .... Next to Ptolemy, Brotton says, 
Gerardus Mercator is the most influential figure in the history of mapmaking. The 
Flemish-German cartographer tried "on a flat piece of paper to... [DOC] [TLE] 1000+ images about 1500 - 1599: Mercator Projection on Pinterest ... [PAR] GERARDUS MERCATOR: Besides drafting his

Question: Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator is said to have invented this word for a map collection
Answer: an atlas