How a Famous Renaissance Cartographer Imagined The North Pole
His name still adorns many maps but this idea was just odd
4 min readMay 11, 2022
Gerardus Mercator is one of the most famous cartographers in history. His work is highlighted by his projection, the Mercator Projection, that is still used in map making to this day. Mercator’s 1569 map of the world was one of the best received maps of his era…
