Mercator's Birthday ~ March 5: Mercator, a Flemish geographer, was born on this date in 1512. He was skilled at building globes but made his mark on history with his Mercator Projection, the grandfather of all modern world maps. Mercator's scientific mind modernized the world of mapmaking. Since then, globes and maps have become symbolic of what goes on in classrooms everywhere. Winchester Cemetery. [2017]
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