Mercator, Gerardus (1512-1594) Flemish Cartographer, Geographer …
Other dedications included a 1540 map of Flanders, dedicated to Charles V (for whom he also made two sets of surveying instruments ), and a 1541 terrestrial globe, dedicated to M. Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, privy councilor of Charles …
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Mercator, Gerardus (1512-1594) Flemish Cartographer, Geographer …
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