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Detail of the map showing the names "Catigara" and "Mallaqua" where "was slain St. Thomas". 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".
Oct 13, 2016 · Discover One of History’s Most Ambitious Maps Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 map was the oldest document to use “America” to describe the body of land between Africa and Asia October 13, 2016
The Waldseemüller map, printed in 1507, depicted the New World in a new way. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. It was a curious little book. When a few copies began resurfacing, in ...
Other events of 1507: Events from the year 1507 in England. Incumbents. Monarch – Henry VII; Lord Chancellor – William Warham; Lord Privy Seal – Richard Foxe;
Nov 27, 2017 · by Sarah Laskow November 27, 2017. For sale: a Waldseemüller world map in the form of a set of gores for a globe, 1507. Courtesy of Christie’s. In 1507, German cartographer Martin ...
The calendrical ritual known as the New Fire ceremony was in many ways the paramount rite of cultures in the central Mexican Highlands. Here, we will examine this ritual and its connection to caves as manifested at the Cerro de la Estrella, where the last New Fire ceremony was celebrated by the Aztec in ad 1507. Based on continuities in rock art and archaeological evidence we suggest that New ...
