{"id":405,"date":"2024-12-11T12:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/?page_id=405"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:02:09","slug":"document-1-la-projeccio-mercator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/document-1-la-projeccio-mercator\/","title":{"rendered":"Document 1: La Projecci\u00f3 Mercator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/12\/TOP-CARTOGRAFIA.png\" alt=\"Unitat Cartografia\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/12\/TOP-CARTOGRAFIA.png 354w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/12\/TOP-CARTOGRAFIA-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gris-londres-background-color has-background has-small-font-size\">Mercator, Gerardus. <em>Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata<\/em>. 1569. [<a href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b7200344k\/f14.item\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Col\u00b7lecci\u00f3 Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Projecci\u00f3 de Mercator \u00e9s un tipus de projecci\u00f3 cartogr\u00e0fica creada per Gerardus Mercator el 1569 per a l&#8217;elaboraci\u00f3 de mapes de la superf\u00edcie terrestre. Des del segle XVII, ha estat \u00e0mpliament utilitzada en cartes n\u00e0utiques, ja que permetia tra\u00e7ar rutes amb rumb constant. El desenvolupament d&#8217;aquesta projecci\u00f3 va suposar un gran aven\u00e7 a la cartografia n\u00e0utica del segle XVI. Tot i aix\u00f2, es va avan\u00e7ar al seu temps, ja que les antigues t\u00e8cniques de navegaci\u00f3 i topografia no eren aptes per a la seva implementaci\u00f3. Dos problemes principals van impedir-ne l&#8217;\u00fas immediat: la dificultat de determinar la longitud amb la precisi\u00f3 necess\u00e0ria al mar i el fet que els navegants utilitzaven adreces magn\u00e8tiques en lloc de geogr\u00e0fiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/10\/Nova_et_aucta_orbis_terrae_.Mercator_Gerard_btv1b7200344k_14.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/10\/Nova_et_aucta_orbis_terrae_.Mercator_Gerard_btv1b7200344k_14-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Mapa i projecci\u00f3 de Mercator de 1569.\" class=\"wp-image-406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/10\/Nova_et_aucta_orbis_terrae_.Mercator_Gerard_btv1b7200344k_14-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/10\/Nova_et_aucta_orbis_terrae_.Mercator_Gerard_btv1b7200344k_14-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/10\/Nova_et_aucta_orbis_terrae_.Mercator_Gerard_btv1b7200344k_14-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/10\/Nova_et_aucta_orbis_terrae_.Mercator_Gerard_btv1b7200344k_14-1200x801.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2024\/10\/Nova_et_aucta_orbis_terrae_.Mercator_Gerard_btv1b7200344k_14.jpeg 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercator, Gerardus. Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata. 1569. [Col\u00b7lecci\u00f3 Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France] La Projecci\u00f3 de Mercator \u00e9s un tipus de projecci\u00f3 cartogr\u00e0fica creada per Gerardus Mercator el 1569 per a l&#8217;elaboraci\u00f3 de mapes de la superf\u00edcie terrestre. Des del segle XVII, ha estat \u00e0mpliament utilitzada en cartes n\u00e0utiques, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1605,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>La projecci\u00f3 Mercator - TOCAR LA HIST\u00d2RIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"La projecci\u00f3 Mercator va suposar un aven\u00e7 molt important en la navegaci\u00f3 mar\u00edtima, ja que permetia tra\u00e7ar rutes amb un rumb constant.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/tocarlahistoria\/document-1-la-projeccio-mercator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ca_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La projecci\u00f3 Mercator - 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