And Mercator means merchant in Latin. I thought that was because of the projection’s purpose, but turns out that the inventer’s name was actually Mercator, which was a latinisation of his Flemish birthname Kremer (meaning grocer or merchant).
Now that is a fun-fact! I knew the guy was called Mercator, but didn’t know about the Latin origin, and can definitely see the origin of the name spreading as a misconception.
And Mercator means merchant in Latin. I thought that was because of the projection’s purpose, but turns out that the inventer’s name was actually Mercator, which was a latinisation of his Flemish birthname Kremer (meaning grocer or merchant).
Now that is a fun-fact! I knew the guy was called Mercator, but didn’t know about the Latin origin, and can definitely see the origin of the name spreading as a misconception.