The Ship’s Compass
Navigation has always been a vital part of finding one’s way at sea. Long before modern instruments existed, early sailors relied on natural observation to guide their journeys.
navigation aids
Mercator Maps
Gerardus Mercator was born on the fifth of March, 1512 in Rupelmonde in Belgium. A cartographer, geographer and cosmographer, Mercator was to contribute his own form of projection that would change the face of map mapping. Mercator set out to find a solution to the problem of displaying the world, a sphere, on a flat surface. This followed Ferdinand Magellan’s conclusive demonstration that the world was in fact a sphere and not flat.