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English: Mercator: Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. A map of the North Pole. Detail showing “Rupes nigra et altissima”, the “black and very high rock”.
Deutsch: Ausschnitt aus Gerardus Mercators Karte Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, einer Karte der Nordpolarregion, mit dem „Rupes nigra et altissima“, dem „schwarzen und sehr hohen Felsen“ direkt am Nordpol.
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Source Cropped from 1606 Mercator Hondius Map of the Arctic (First Map of the North Pole) - Geographicus - NorthPole-mercator-1606.jpg.
Author
Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)  wikidata:Q6353 s:it:Autore:Gerardo Mercatore q:en:Gerardus Mercator
 
Gerardus Mercator
Alternative names
Gerardo Mercatore; Gerard De Kremer; Gerard de Cremere; Gerhard Mercator; Gérard Mercator
Description mathematician, geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 5 March 1512 Edit this at Wikidata 2 December 1594 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rupelmonde Duisburg
Work period from 1535 until 1592
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Leuven, Duisburg
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