{"id":2662,"date":"2022-11-05T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2022-12-10T14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:44:31","slug":"mercator-gerard-de-cremer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/2022\/11\/05\/mercator-gerard-de-cremer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercator (de Cremer), Gerard"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2662\" class=\"elementor elementor-2662\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e87c594 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e87c594\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-901262e\" data-id=\"901262e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396c381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"396c381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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In 1569 he<br \/>introduced the projection that finally allowed navigators to plot a constant compass bearing on a flat map. He planned a cosmography in five volumes under the name &#8220;Atlas&#8221; but he completed only a few parts \u2013 including a map of Lithuania \u2013 the balance was completed by his son Rumold. Plates for the completed Atlas passed on to the Hondius family in 1604. He also produced a wall map of Europe in 15 sheets, 1554; an Atlas of Europe, c. 1570\u20131572; and a definitive version of Ptolemy&#8217;s &#8220;Geographia&#8221; in 1578. 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