Mercator
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Mercator (Latin for "merchant") may refer to:
- Gerardus Mercator, a 16th century Flemish cartographer
- Mercator projection, a cartographic projection devised by Gerardus Mercator
- Nicholas Mercator, a 17th century mathematician
- Mercator Telescope, a Flemish telescope installed in La Palma, Canary Islands
- Mercator (retail), a Slovenian supermarket chain
- Mercator (ship), a barquentine museum ship in Ostend, Belgium
- Mercator (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), a British unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
- Mercator School of Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Mercator Lines, Shipping company in India
[edit] See also
- Merchant (surname)
- Marchant (French)
- Kaufmann (German)