It was a curious little book. When a few copies began resurfacing, in the 18th century, nobody knew what to make of it. One hundred and three pages long and written in Latin, it announced itself on ...

German mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller gets credit for the name of our continent -- and country. In 1507, Waldseemuller was hired to create a map of the world based on new knowledge of geography. He was ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...