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2. www.nytimes.com › 2017/12/10 › artsWhy Experts Don’t Believe This Is a Rare First Map of America

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   Dec 10, 2017 · Dec. 10, 2017. This newly discovered print of Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 map was to be sold at auction this month until experts raised concerns about its authenticity. Kirsty Wigglesworth ...

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Waldseemüller_mapWaldseemüller map - Wikipedia

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   The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography ") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America". The name America is placed on South America on the main map.

4. www.thearchaeologist.org › blog › 5000-year-old-map5,000 Year Old Map of AMERICA Discovered in Egypt Reveals ...

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   Apr 22, 2024 · A 5,000-year-old Egyptian map has emerged, depicting America with surprising accuracy. This challenges the notion that Christopher Columbus was the first non-native to set foot on American soil. Alongside this map, another remarkable find has stirred debate: the Nubia egg. Dating back 7,000 years, this ostrich eggshell is adorned with intricate ...

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6. www.cnn.com › style › articleStriking pictorial maps tell the story of 20th-century America

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   Aug 9, 2017 · Published 3:32 AM EDT, Wed August 9, 2017. Link Copied! "Japan, the Target: A Pictorial Jap Map" (1943) by Ernest Dudley Chase —. During World War II, the pictorial map took on a more sinister ...

7. www.maproomblog.com › 2017 › 11Picturing America: The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps

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   Nov 16, 2017 · With Picturing America: The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps ( University of Chicago Press, March 2017), Stephen J. Hornsby makes the case for the pictorial map as a distinct and significant genre of mapmaking that is worthy of study and preservation. Because pictorial maps were artistic rather than scientific, Hornsby argues, they were ignored as ...

8. yaledailynews.com › blog › 2021/10/04Yale releases new study proving — again — that the so-called ...

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   The so-called oldest map of North America — the Vinland Map — sits in Yale’s Beinecke collection in a slim volume along with a medieval manuscript. The map purports to show groundbreaking conclusions about Norse exploration into North America, with one glaring caveat: it’s a fake.