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| Keywords: 1594 Map (published in 1606) of Formosa (Taiwan), Philippines, and other South East Asia Countries by Dutch 荷蘭人所繪福爾摩沙-臺灣, 菲律賓, 與東南亞.png en 麥卡托 Gerard Mercator Kremer was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain He drawn his first map in 1537 and became a cartographer and globe maker In 1552 he moved to Duisburg Germany where he published his famous 18-sheet world map in 1569 with his own new projection today called Mercator projection Later he decided to publish a new edition of Ptolemy's Geographia Followed by his major work a 3 volume collection of maps to which the word Atlas was applied the first time The first volume was published 1585 followed by the second in 1589 and the third one after his death in 1595 by his son Rumold A second edition of all three parts was published 1602 1604 Jodocus Hondius acquired the plates and published several edition together with his sons Jodocus II and Henricus until 1633 2013-05-27 10 29 50 http //www vintage-maps com/en/Antique-Maps/Asia/India/Mercator-Southeast-Asia-India-China-Thailand-Philippines 655 html Gerard Mercator 1512 - 1594 PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Old maps of Taiwan Old maps of the Philippines Maps made in the 16th century Maps by Gerardus Mercator | ||||
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