Editing Gerardus Mercator (section)

===Notes===
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{{efn|name=pronumciation1|Local [[Neo-Latin#Pronunciation|Neo-Latin]] pronunciation: {{IPA|/ɣɛˈrardʊs/}} or {{IPA|/gɛˈrardʊs ˈmɛrkatɔr/}}.}}{{efn|name=pronumciation2|In English speaking countries Gerardus is usually anglicized as Gerard with a soft initial letter (as in 'giant') but in other European countries the spelling and pronunciation vary: for example Gérard (soft 'g') in France but Gerhard (hard 'g') in Germany. In English the second syllable of Mercator is stressed and sounds as ''Kate'': in other countries that syllable is sounded as 'cat'  and the stress moves to the third syllable.}}{{efn|name=birthdeathdates|Mercator's birth and death dates are given in ''Vita Mercatoris'' (The life of Mercator) by his friend and first biographer Walter Ghim. This was published in the preface to the Atlas of 1595. A translation is given in {{harvtxt|Sullivan|2000}}, pages 7–24 of the atlas text, pdf pages 77–94}}
{{efn| name=UniStat|The university statutes stated explicitly that to disbelieve the teaching of Aristotle was heretical and would be punished by expulsion. See {{harvnb|Crane|2003|loc= Chapter 4|pp=46–47}} }}
{{efn|name=sales|Mercator's workshops produced items such as globes in a steady stream. The records of the [[Plantin Press]] show that they received 1150 maps and globes from Mercator over a thirty year period ({{harvnb|Clair|1987}};  {{harvnb|Voets|1962|pp=171–232}}; {{harvnb|Imhof|2012|pp=103–114}}): in particular they sold 185 copies of the 1569 world map in three years. At the same time Mercator was selling items at the regular international [[Frankfurt Book Fair]] and selling direct from his own workshop.}}
{{efn|name=www.wilhelmkruecken.de|A speculative [http://www.wilhelmkruecken.de/LebenWerk/LW_DuisA.htm#Paradigmenwechsel model of the double globe] was constructed by Wilhelm Kruecken for the Duisburg commemorations of the 400th anniversary of Mercator's death.}}
{{efn|name=dictionary.com|[http://www.dictionary.com/browse/mercator "Mercator"]  at ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary|Webster's 
 Dictionary]]''}}
{{efn|name=MathGenealogy|{{MathGenealogy|id=119164|title=Mercator}}}}
{{efn|name=wikt|[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atlas Wiktionary definition of atlas]}}
{{efn|name=Chronologia|In the two online copies of the Chronologia listed under {{harvnb|Mercator|1569}} the first includes a mention of Luther for the year 1516 (bottom left), {{cite web |url=http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001232/images/index.html?id=00001232&groesser=&fip=qrsxdsydsdaswfsdreayaxdsydsdas&no=6&seite=226 |title=Bayerische Staatsbibliothek}} In the second the paragraph has been obliterated {{cite book |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.532025807x;view=1up;seq=454 |title=Hathi Trust|year=1569|publisher=apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni}} 
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{{efn|name=frisiusglobe|The text on the cartouche states "Edebat Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus cum privilegio Ces(areae) Maiestatis ad an: sex Lovanij an: 1541", meaning "Published by Gerard Mercator of Rupelmunde at Leuven under the patent of His Imperial Majesty for six years in the year 1541.” Mercator accordingly had the rights to the globe he had produced in Leuven (Flanders) secured by an imperial patent for six years.}}
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