Sign In

- Or use -
Forgot Password Create Account

Gerard Mercator is one of the most famous cartographers of all time. Mercator was born in Flanders and educated at the Catholic University in Leuven. After his graduation in 1532, Mercator worked with Gemma Frisius, a prominent mathematician, and Gaspar a Myrica, a goldsmith and engraver. Together, these men produced globes and scientific instruments, allowing Mercator to hone his skills.

With his wife, Barbara, Mercator had six children: Arnold, Emerentia, Dorothes, Bartholomeus, Rumold, and Catharina.  In 1552, Mercator moved to Duisburg from Leuven, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1564, he was appointed the official cosmographer to the court of Duke Wilhelm of Cleve.

Mercator’s most important contribution was the creation and popularization of a projection which now bears his name. On Mercator projection maps, all parallels and meridians are drawn at right angles to each other, with the distance between the parallels extending towards the poles. This allowed for accurate latitude and longitude calculation and also allowed navigational routes to be drawn using straight lines, a huge advantage for sailors as this allowed them to plot courses without constant recourse to adjusting compass readings.

Mercator’s other enduring contribution to cartography is the term “atlas”, which was first used to describe his collection of maps gathered in one volume. The Mercator atlas was published in 1595, a year after Mercator’s death, thanks to the work of his sons, particularly Rumold, and his grandsons.

Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
10.25 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93710
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
98422
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1627
Size:
17.5 x 14.5 inches inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
51478
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54833
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
17 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
50379
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1698
Size:
16 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39694se
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41806
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47147
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
16.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
48695
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
50679
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
21 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
50849
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
50883
Place/Date:
Duisberg / 1595 (1619)
Size:
19.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51367
Place/Date:
Duisberg / 1595
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51407
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51653
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51722
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51864
Place/Date:
Duisberg / 1619 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51886
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1595 (1619)
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56233
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
18.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56307
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54863
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1595 circa
Size:
17.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
55905
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
17.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
57948
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58394
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1695 circa
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58557
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1698 circa
Size:
18 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
58584
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1578 (1695)
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58820
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1695 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
58899
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
16.5 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
65595
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67355
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
18.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69198
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1578 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
73478
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1584 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72939
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1584 circa
Size:
18.25 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78289
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1584
Size:
18 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78166
Place/Date:
Leiden / 1690 circa
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
72635
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
18.25 x 13.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75618
Place/Date:
Duisberg / 1595
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98424
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1584
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77984
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1584 circa
Size:
18.5 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
79434

Archived

Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1632 circa
Size:
10 x 7.8 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
75515
Place/Date:
Amsterdam & Frankfurt / 1605
Size:
10.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90943
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0195
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1607
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
6300
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
17196
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1608 circa
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
29379
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610
Size:
7.75 x 5.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12968
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1607
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
24425
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
6.5 x 5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
24467
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
29061
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1609 circa
Size:
19.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0111gh
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1608 circa
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
33614
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1625 circa
Size:
8 x 6 inches (not including text)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
33409gm
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
35178
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1625 circa
Size:
8 x 6 inches (not including text)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
45038
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1609 circa
Size:
19.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
48358
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1625
Size:
7.75 x 5.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
48747
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
6.5 x 5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
48719
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1600 circa
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
51424
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
51747
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
57724
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
6.5 x 5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65534
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
14.6 x 7.4 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
68064
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1607
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78211
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78503
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
7.25 x 5.75 inches (each)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
98680
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630
Size:
16.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
22493
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
41068
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39973
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43230
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
17.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43640
Place/Date:
London / 1635
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
47294
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
48708
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1628 circa
Size:
7.5 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71676
Place/Date:
London / 1635 circa
Size:
9 x 7 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
72064
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1632 circa
Size:
10 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71922
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1632
Size:
10 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72033
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1730 circa
Size:
11.75 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64684
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1730
Size:
12 x 19 inches Book Size
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69142
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
16 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12174
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1607
Size:
10.25 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
17855
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1607
Size:
10.25 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
18097
Place/Date:
Amstrdam / 1605
Size:
8 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
18499