This man who studied mathematics under Gemma Frisius at Louvain expressed doubt that Aristotle could be harmonized with the Book of Genesis.
This man who studied mathematics under Gemma Frisius at Louvain expressed doubt that Aristotle could be harmonized with the Book of Genesis. A close friend of the English astrologer John Dee, he used triangulation to produce a 1540 work promoting Antwerp at the expense of Ghent. He honored the "king of Mauretania... learned philosopher, and (*) Titan" by being the first to use the word "atlas" for a book of maps. The area of  ? Greenland is notably distorted in this man's namesake cylindrical projection.  For 10 points, name this Flemish cartographer who represented all lines of longitude as straight in a 1569 planisphere.
This man who studied mathematics under Gemma Frisius at Louvain expressed doubt that Aristotle could be harmonized with the Book of Genesis.
Gerardus {Mercator}