The 1562 Map of America. Created by Diego Gutiérrez. The late fifteenth-century landfall by Christopher Columbus on the island of Guanahani, in the Bahamas, forced open the gates to a …

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1567 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2; 651/3

The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography") is a printed wall map of the world by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published …

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It was the first map, printed or manuscript, to depict clearly a separate Western Hemisphere, with the Pacific as a separate ocean. The map represented a huge leap forward in knowledge, …

The map is based on Rumold Mercator's world map of 1587, with the addition of minor supplementary detail. "A few of the most famous theories are still present: a large inland lake …

2017年11月27日 · In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created a map unlike any other ever drafted in Europe. To the west, across the Atlantic, his map included the coastlines …

In 1562 Diego Gutiérrez, a Spanish cartographer from the respected Casa de la Contratacin, and Hieronymus Cock, a noted engraver from Antwerp, collaborated in the preparation of a …

MERCATOR, Michael (c.1567-1600). America sive India Nova. Amsterdam: 1595 [but 1606 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved circular map of the western hemisphere, (360 x 456mm). The …

Martin Waldseemüller’s monumental 1507 world map. That map has been referred to in various circles as America's birth certificate, and for good reason—it is the first document on which the …