The Map that Named America: Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map

dc.creator	Hebert, John R.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-15T18:37:18Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-15T18:37:18Z
dc.date.issued	2005-08-29
dc.identifier.issn	1553-3255
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/129194
dc.description.abstract	This brief overview of the history of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map and its acquisition by the Library of Congress is presented as a complement to John Hessler's article, "Warping Waldseemüller: A Cartometric Study of the Coast of South America as Portrayed on the 1507 World Map" (Coordinates, Series A, No. 4). A high-resolution image of the Waldseemüller map can be found at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200.ct000725C.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	ALA Map and Geography Round Table
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Coordinates ; Series B;4
dc.subject	Waldseemuller	en
dc.subject	Library of Congress	en
dc.subject	maps	en
dc.subject	cartography	en
dc.subject	exploration	en
dc.subject	Renaissance	en
dc.title	The Map that Named America: Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.rights.requestable	false	en