Belgian Geocoin Georoen's Belgian Geocoin 1

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Released:
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Origin:
Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
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Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 – December 2, 1594) was a Flemish cartographer of German descent, his parents being from Gangelt in the Duchy of Jülich. He is remembered for the Mercator projection named after him.

Mercator was born Gerard de Cremere (or Kremer) in the Flemish town of Rupelmonde. "Mercator" is the Latinized form of his name. It means "merchant" or "marketeer". He was educated in 's-Hertogenbosch by the famous humanist Macropedius and at the University of Leuven. Despite his fame as a cartographer, Mercator's main source of income came through his craftmanship of mathematical instruments. He returned to Leuven and worked with Gemma Frisius and Gaspar Myrica. They worked together from 1535 to 1536 to construct a terrestrial globe, although the role of Mercator in the project was not primarily as a cartographer, but as a highly skilled engraver of brass plates. Mercator's own independent map-making only began when he produced a map of Palestine in 1537, and this was followed by another map of the world (1538) and a map of Flanders (1540). During this period he learned Italic script since it was the most suitable type of script for copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of Italic script published in northern Europe.

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    Tracking History (2339.8mi) View Map

    Write note 5/25/2008 ssambdar posted a note for it   Visit Log

    I'm sorry to tell this, but the Coin isn't in the Cache it should be.
    Dropped Off 10/10/2007 efra placed it in Bilderbuchweg Stindertal Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 13.1 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/8/2007 efra retrieved it from Silbersee Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   Visit Log

    On the road again,
    Dropped Off 10/7/2007 2410Bergziegen05 placed it in Silbersee Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 8.79 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/5/2007 2410Bergziegen05 retrieved it from Suchst du noch oder logst du schon? Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   Visit Log

    Komm mal schön mit ...

    Viele Grüße von uns Bergziegen
    Dropped Off 10/5/2007 Geniteam placed it in Suchst du noch oder logst du schon? Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 22.85 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/4/2007 Geniteam retrieved it from Zahlenrätsel IV - 1001001100111 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   Visit Log

    Auf geht´s ein paar Kilometer weiter...
    Dropped Off 10/3/2007 Filia Alieni placed it in Zahlenrätsel IV - 1001001100111 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 84.07 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 9/23/2007 Filia Alieni retrieved it from Graf von Reuschenberg Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   Visit Log

    The journey goes on...
    Dropped Off 9/16/2007 SantaClaus placed it in Graf von Reuschenberg Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 3.03 miles  Visit Log
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