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The crown jewel of cartography to go on display

Mangalika , Chinsurah: Sep 10 2008

Made Popular Sep 10 2008

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The U.S. Library of Congress is going to display the first map to use the name ‘America‘, created by ancient German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller. This world map is the first document to indicate the western hemisphere and label the...

Tags: Ancient America Map, Martin Waldseemuller, U.S. Library of Congress, Prince Johannes Waldburg-Wolfegg

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