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Definition of Gerhard kremer
1. Noun. Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerhard Kremer
Literary usage of Gerhard kremer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... before 1560 are for commercial purposes (such as his yearly visits to the
Frankfort fair). In 1560, however, when travelling with gerhard kremer ..."
2. The German Element in the United States by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"Mercator was born in Flanders (Rupelmonde, Belgium), and was of German descent,
his name before Latinization being gerhard kremer. On commission of Charles ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... mer-ka'tor, Gerardus (Latinized form of gerhard kremer), Flemish mathematician
and geographer: b. Rupelmonde, Flanders, 5 March 1512; d. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... MERCATOR, GERARDUS [latinized form of gerhard kremer] (1512-1594), Flemish
mathematician and geographer, ..."
5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1886)
"... in his gerhard kremer, gen. Mercator, der Deutsche Ceo- graph, 1869, and in
an article (supposed to be his) in the ..."
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