Mercator projection
1569 · Work
Gerardus Mercator's map projection lets sailors plot straight-line courses, becoming the standard image of the world.
On these timelines: Arts and Thoughts, Master
More from Arts and Thoughts
- Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (750 BCE)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Dante's Divine Comedy (1320)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776)
- The Beatles release Please Please Me (1963)
- The Last Supper (1495)
Around 1569
- English Reformation ends (1559)
- British East India Company chartered (1600)
- Thirty Years' War begins (1618)
- English Reformation begins (1534)
- Death of Henry VIII (1547)
- English Reformation (1534)
- Council of Trent (1545)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)