Gerardus Mercator cartographer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator
http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel/m103/mercator/mercator.html
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/birth-gerardus-mercator
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/thisday/dec2/cartographer-mercator-dies/?ar_a=1
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jun/29/featuresreviews.guardianreview32
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/main/mercator.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gerardus-mercator-how-the-cartographers-map-could-be-influencing-your-view-of-the-world-in-ways-you-dont-realise-10087386.html