Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Gerardus Mercator across 3 places, from 1534 to 1551.
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Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gerardus Mercator was documented, and when
1534year
Leuvenattested“I liked not only the description of the Earth but the structure of the whole machinery of the world." Towards the end of 1534, the twenty-two-year-old Mercator arrived back in Leuven and threw himself into the study of geography, mathema…”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1547year
Cambridgeattested“In 1547 Mercator was visited by the young (nineteen year old) John Dee who, on completion of his undergraduate studies in Cambridge (1547), "went beyond the seas to speak and confer with some learned men".”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1551 to 1552period
Leuvenattested“File:Himmelsglobus Mercator Detail.jpg|Celestial globe 1551 File:Scorpio et Libra - Mercator.jpeg|Detail: Scorpio et Libra File:Antinous Delphinus Sagitta et Aquila - Mercator.jpeg|Sagitta et Aquila In 1552, Mercator, aged 40, moved from…”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1551 to 1552period
Duisburgattested“File:Himmelsglobus Mercator Detail.jpg|Celestial globe 1551 File:Scorpio et Libra - Mercator.jpeg|Detail: Scorpio et Libra File:Antinous Delphinus Sagitta et Aquila - Mercator.jpeg|Sagitta et Aquila In 1552, Mercator, aged 40, moved from…”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
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1518year
Rupelmondementioned“In 1518, the Kremer family moved back to Rupelmonde, possibly motivated by the deteriorating conditions in Gangelt—famine, plague and lawlessness.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1518year
Gangeltmentioned“In 1518, the Kremer family moved back to Rupelmonde, possibly motivated by the deteriorating conditions in Gangelt—famine, plague and lawlessness.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1522year
Leuvenmentioned“The italic script (or chancery cursive) reached the Low Countries from Italy at the beginning of the sixteenth century and it is recorded as a form of typescript in Leuven in 1522.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1522year
Italymentioned“The italic script (or chancery cursive) reached the Low Countries from Italy at the beginning of the sixteenth century and it is recorded as a form of typescript in Leuven in 1522.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1548year
Leuvenmentioned“In 1548, Dee returned to Leuven (Louvain in Dee's text) and registered as a student: for three years, he was constantly in Mercator's company.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1562year
Duisburgmentioned“Apart from a possible short visit to Duisburg in 1562, the two men did not meet, but they corresponded frequently and by good fortune a number of their letters are preserved.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1564year
Lorrainementioned“The trip to Lorraine in 1564 was a setback for his health, but he soon recovered and embarked on his greatest project yet, a project which would extend far beyond his cartographic interests.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
1587 to 1594period
Duisburgmentioned“In 1587 Rumold returned to Duisburg and later, in 1594, it fell to his lot to publish Mercator's works posthumously.”source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator
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