5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About

“Gerardus Mercator is perhaps well-known for all the wrong reasons. His last name evokes the infamous Mercator projection, which depicts the world in a distorted way. The projection has been criticized for putting Europe at the center of the world and favoring the northern hemisphere by making countries there appear bigger than they are in reality.”

Perpuli, Francisco. “5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About” TheCollector.com, https://www.thecollector.com/famous-cartographers-know-about/ (accessed Jun 24, 2024).

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