The Waldseemüller’s map that introduced the word America to the world, 1509

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In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published the first known map to feature parts of the New World labeled “America”. The map was titled Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes (A map of the whole world according to the tradition of Ptolemy and the explorations of Amerigo Vespucci and others). […]