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World map of Waldseemüller (Germany, 1507), which first used the name America (in the lower-left section, over South America) [1]. The earliest known use of the name America dates to April 25, 1507, when it was applied to what is now known as South America. [1]
The British Library copy. Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio (Latin: A New and Most Exact Description of America or The Fourth Part of the World) is an ornate geographical map of the Americas, made in 1562 by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez and Flemish artist Hieronymus Cock.
The Milky Way galaxy is a member of an association named the Local Group, a relatively small group of galaxies that has a diameter of approximately one megaparsec. The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are the two brightest galaxies within the group; many of the other member galaxies are dwarf companions of these two. [176]
The feminine Latin form of "George", named after King George II of Great Britain. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] It was also a reference to Saint George , who is also the supposed namesake of the Eurasian country also called Georgia , whose name was derived from the Greek word georgos , meaning 'husbandman' or 'farmer', from ge 'earth' + ergon 'work'.
The German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created the earliest known map showing the name America, which he applied to the South American continent only. 1594 world map by Petrus Plancius. The 1594 map by Petrus Plancius labels the two landmasses "America Mexicana" and "America Peruana", two terms still used in the 17th century. [1]
The majority of the population lives in Latin America, named for its predominant cultures, rooted in Latin Europe (including the two dominant languages, Spanish and Portuguese, both Romance languages), more specifically in the Iberian nations of Portugal and Spain (hence the use of the term Ibero-America as a synonym).
In 1715 Herman Moll published the Beaver Map, one of the most famous early maps of North America, which he copied from a 1698 work by Nicolas de Fer. In 1763–1767 Captain James Cook mapped Newfoundland. In 1777 Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres created a monumental four volume atlas of North America, Atlantic Neptune.
Maps are also available as part of the Wikimedia Atlas of the World project in the Atlas of Central America. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.