File:Waldseemuller map closeup with America.jpg

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Description Closeup of the Martin Waldseemüller map showing South America and the word "AMERICA"
Date original map: 1507
Source Library of Congress, [1]
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Martin Waldseemüller  (1470–)  wikidata:Q57197 q:cs:Martin Waldseemüller
 
Martin Waldseemüller
Alternative names
Martin Hylacomylus
Description cartographer, cosmographer, theologian and geographer
Date of birth/death circa 1470
date QS:P,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 16 March 1520 / 1521 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wolfenweiler bei Freiburg im Breisgau Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1500 Edit this at Wikidata
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Innsbruck Edit this at Wikidata
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