Sujet
Martin Waldesmüller was the first cartographer to identify America as a separate continent
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Martin Waldesmüller was the first cartographer to identify America as a separate continent, and named it after Amerigo Vespucci. Published in 1507, his twelve-panel wall map, the Universalis Cosmographia, was also one of the first European maps to show latitude and longitude. Map by Martin Waldseemüller
Date
16e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP11A05_102
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
100,3Mo (5,8Mo) / 67,7cm x 37,1cm / 8000 x 4382 (300dpi)