Ein Kranz Mercator zu Ehren

Abstract: He was born on March the 5th, 1512, at Rupelmonde in Eastern Flanders and died in Duisburg on the 2nd Decem ber, 1594 - largescale joint Germano-Belgian celebrations took place in Antwerp, Rupelmonde and Sint Niklaas Waas on April 4th and in Duisburg on September 8-9th, 1962. In Duisburg an exhibition “Mercator and his time was prepared by Professor Fritz Tischler in the Lower Rhenish Museum in Duisburg. It was oponed with a lecture from Professor Ferdinind Josef De Waele (Ghent) entitled “A tribute to Mercator. On the Occasion of the academic celebration at a meeting in the Mercator Hall Professor Carl Troll (Bonn) spoke on “The history and importance of geography at the present day. Professor De Waele's lecture appears below. https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/1394

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Ein Kranz Mercator zu Ehren ; volume:16 ; number:4 ; year:1962 ; Erdkunde ; 16, Heft 4 (1962)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: de Waele, Ferdinand Jozef

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1962.04.01
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410291209198.830046781464
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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