Portrait of Gerardus Mercato Art Print

This print features a portrait of Gerardus Mercator, a renowned Flemish cartographer famous for creating the Mercator projection, a way of representing the Earth's surface on a flat map. The text surrounding the portrait includes "Gerardi Mercatoris Rupelmundani Effigiem" which translates to "Gerardus Mercator: Image of the World Maker" and "Aetatis Suae LXII" which means "Of his Age 62". The poem below details Mercator's contributions to geography and mapmaking,  mentioning his creation of new charts and surpassing the work of predecessors.

These prints are printed on a fine quality ivory paper.

These are reproductions of old illustrations & in most cases will have the same imperfections as the original.