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Martin Waldseemüller World Map,1507

Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes. Martin Waldseemüller (September 11, 1470 - March 16, 1520) was a German cartographer. In 1507 he produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map using the information from Columbus and Vespucci's travels (Universalis Cosmographia), both bearing the first use of the name America . The globular and wall maps were accompanied by a book Cosmographiae Introductio, an introduction to cosmography. The wall map was lost for a long time, but a copy was found in Schloss Wolfegg in southern Germany by Joseph Fischer in 1901.
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Martin Waldseemüller World Map,1507
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Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes. Martin Waldseemüller (September 11, 1470 - March 16, 1520) was a German cartographer. In 1507 he produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map using the information from Columbus and Vespucci's travels (Universalis Cosmographia), both bearing the first use of the name America . The globular and wall maps were accompanied by a book Cosmographiae Introductio, an introduction to cosmography. The wall map was lost for a long time, but a copy was found in Schloss Wolfegg in southern Germany by Joseph Fischer in 1901.
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Album / Science Source / LOC/Geography and Map Division
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4950 x 2758 px | 39.1 MB
Taille d'impression:
41.9 x 23.4 cm | 16.5 x 9.2 in (300 dpi)
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