Mercator's Projection
is Mercator's chart or map for nautical purposes. The meridian
lines are at right angles to the parallels of latitude. It is so called
because it was devised by Gerhard Kauffmann, whose surname
Latinised is Mercator (Merchant). (1512-1594.)
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