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Waldseemüller Map
Martin Waldseemüller1507
The Portuguese Task Force for the Commemorations of the V Centenary of Circumnavigation
Algés, Portugal
Waldseemüller map from 1507 is the first map to include the name "America" and the first to depict the Americas as separate from Asia. There is only one surviving copy of the map, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 2001 for $10 million.
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Details
- Title: Waldseemüller Map
- Creator: Martin Waldseemüller
- Date Created: 1507
- Location: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Washington
- Original Source: Library of Congress
- Rights: Martin Waldseemüller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- External Link: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3200.ct000725
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