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Except Mercator wasn't German. He was born in the County of Flanders, current day East Flanders and moved to Germany at the age of 40. https://en.wikipedia.or
by WirelessGigabit 3y ago
Except Mercator wasn't German.
He was born in the County of Flanders, current day East Flanders and moved to Germany at the age of 40.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator
- gerdesj 3y ago"5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594" Everything was a bit complicated in that region in the medieval period. In the C16, you immediately come up short with the concept of "Germany".
- Tade0 3y agoGermany the state - indeed, but German as a culture/language/nationality(in the contemporary definition) was definitely there. Same with Italy, which wasn't a single state until the mid XIX century. Over to the east states lost independence and remained so for hundreds of years, only to re-emerge in the XX century. My point is that state as an entity doesn't fully define one's identity.