World map names America after Amerigo Vespucci

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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  • The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.

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Martin Waldseemuller's

Cosmographiae Introductio

is the first to call the New World America.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "World map names America after Amerigo Vespucci". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=9872, accessed 19 March 2024.]

9872 World map names America after Amerigo Vespucci 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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