1h 24min, mar 5, 1512 y - Gerardus Mercator
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Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a 16th-century German-Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer. He was renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.Added to timeline:
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1h 24min, mar 5, 1512 y
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~ 513 years ago