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Also Known As Gerard de Kremer • Gerard de Cremer
Born March 5, 1512 • Belgium
Died December 2, 1594 (aged 82) • Duisburg • Germany

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Gerardus Mercator; engraving by Franz Hogenberg, 1574.
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