Belgian Geocoin Georoen's Belgian Geocoin 2

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Origin:
Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
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This Geocoin wants to visit the city of Leuven in 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 (2479.8mi) View Map

    Visited 2/13/2021 F.L.O.H took it to H wie ... Niedersachsen, Germany - 22.71 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 2/13/2021 F.L.O.H took it to Wonderful Dream 1 Niedersachsen, Germany - 22.6 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 2/12/2021 F.L.O.H took it to Zwischen den Orten 13 Niedersachsen, Germany - .02 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 2/12/2021 F.L.O.H took it to Zwischen den Orten 12 Niedersachsen, Germany - .01 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 2/12/2021 F.L.O.H took it to Zwischen den Orten 11 Niedersachsen, Germany - .06 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 2/12/2021 F.L.O.H took it to Zwischen den Orten 6 Niedersachsen, Germany - .07 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 2/12/2021 F.L.O.H took it to Zwischen den Orten 2 Niedersachsen, Germany - .01 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 2/12/2021 F.L.O.H took it to Zwischen den Orten 1 Niedersachsen, Germany - 21.94 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 2/2/2021 F.L.O.H retrieved it from Bonus Lab Adventure „Wunderschönes Büsenbachtal“ Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

    Heute diesen entdeckt, gefreut und mitgenommen Vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit diesen zu discovern!
    Dropped Off 1/30/2021 Bianka+Michael placed it in Bonus Lab Adventure „Wunderschönes Büsenbachtal“ Niedersachsen, Germany - 19.65 miles  Visit Log
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