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Mercator Definition

Mer·ca·tor (mər kāt′ər)

Mercator, Gerardus (jə rär′dəs) 1512-94; Fl. geographer & cartographer

Etymology: L calque of (Gerhard) Kremer, lit., dealer, merchant

Mercator Quotes

'What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones and Meridian lines?' So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply, 'Theyare merely conventional signs!'

—Dodgson