Images of Mercatormuseum
This museum is closed temporarily.
Mercatormuseum and its collection
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The Mercator Museum is dedicated to the history of cartography before and after Gerard Mercator, aka Gerard De Cremer (1512-1594). The journey begins with the Babylonians and goes through Greeks and Romans to the Middle Ages and Mercator's 16th century. Mercator's treasury displays a selection from his oeuvre. Showpieces of the museum include the original celestial and terrestrial globe, the world map in Mercator projection, the map of Flanders and various atlases. There is also a focus on the creation process of a modern staff map.
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