Not long afterward, Ringmann teamed up with a German cartographer named Martin Waldseemüller to prepare a new edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Sponsored by René II, the Duke of Lorraine, Ringmann and ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As online titans compete to deliver instant maps to smartphones, the Library of Congress in Washington is focusing attention on an antique "cosmology" printed in 1507 that ...
First map referring to 'America' goes on display in Washington WASHINGTON -- The Waldseemuller world map, the first known document to use the name "America," is on display for the first time at the ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. At "The Naming of America," an ...
In 1507 a German geographer named Martin Waldseemüller drew two maps of the known world. As research, he used the recent account of Florentine Navigator Amerigo Vespucci, who said he had found a new ...
BERLIN (AP) — Researchers in Germany have chanced upon a rare early 16th century map of America by the cartographer who named the continent. Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University said Tuesday that ...
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