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Features the first sheet-by-sheet facsimile of the 1507 World Map by Martin Waldseemüller, one of the most important maps in the history of cartography and the first ever to display the name America. Tells the story behind the map's creation in 16th century France and rediscovery 300 years later in Germany.
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The naming of America: Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map and the Cosmographiae introductio
2008, Library of Congress
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The naming of America: Martin Waldseemuller's 1507 world map and the Cosmographiae introductio
2007, GILES, Distributed by Antique Collectors' Club Limited
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Table of Contents
Waldseemüller's 1507 world map and globe gores
1507 world map
Globe gores
Introductory essay: A new view of the world
Title-page of the Cosmographiae introductio
Waldseemüller's 1507 world map
Ptolemy's second projection
Page from Johannes Werner's commentary on Ptolemy
Page [30] from the Cosmographiae introductio
Schöner's red lines on the 1516 Carta Marina
Translation of the Cosmographiae introductio
Arrangement of circles on the earth
Representation of the five climatic zones
Table of parallels and schematic diagram
Table of winds
Overall plan of the map
Table of latitudes and distances.
Edition Notes
Art Conservation Department Library.
Published in association with the Library of Congress.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-121).
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