{
  "id": 6552672,
  "title": "How Gerardus Mercator, a man who never travelled far, mapped the world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/how-gerardus-mercator-a-man-who-never-travelled-far-mapped-the-world",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T06:57:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/research/how-gerardus-mercator-a-man-who-never-travelled-far-mapped-the-world-10871355/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish geographer who never ventured far from his birthplace, crafted a world map that has remained in widespread use for over five centuries. In 1569, at the age of 57, Mercator published his groundbreaking projection, which transformed navigation and shaped our understanding of the world's geography. Despite its inaccuracies, the Mercator projection continues to dominate modern mapping tools like Google Maps.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}