1512-1594

A biography of the sixteenth-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who invented a method of projecting the curvature of the Earth's surface on to a flat sheet of paper. Includes photographs, a time line, a list of resources, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Presents a biography on the life of sixteenth-century cartographer, Gerard Mercator, who drew the entire curved earth on a flat surface allowing for more accurate navigation by sailors and scientists.