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As explained in Cosmographiae Introductio, the name was bestowed in honor of the Italian Amerigo Vespucci. The map is drafted on a modification of Ptolemy's second projection, expanded to accommodate the Americas and the high latitudes. [2] A single copy of the map survives, presently housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Amerigo Vespucci (/ v ɛ ˈ s p uː tʃ i / vesp-OO-chee, [1] Italian: [ameˈriːɡo veˈsputtʃi]; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "America" is named.
The wall map was decorated with prominent portraits of Ptolemy and Vespucci. The map and globe were notable for showing the New World as a continent separate from Asia and for naming the southern landmass America. By April 1507, the map, globe and accompanying book, Introduction to Cosmography, were published. A thousand copies were printed and ...
[2] [3]: 72, 278 The Pilot Major was eventually given permission to sell copies of the map for his own benefit. [3]: 73, 279 The Pilot Major was also responsible for "examining and licensing all pilots of the Spanish fleet." [1] Holders of the office include: Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), [2] [4] Italian explorer
Amerigo Vespucci (Republic of Florence, 1454–1512) Johannes Werner (Germany, 1466–1528), refined and promoted the Werner map projection Martin Waldseemüller (Germany, c. 1470–c. 1521/1522)
Leonardo's world map is the name assigned to a unique world map drawn using the "octant projection" and found loosely inserted among a Codex of Leonardo da Vinci preserved in Windsor. It features an early use of the toponym America and incorporates information from the travels of Amerigo Vespucci, published in 1503 and 1505. [1]
The book includes the reason for using the name America in the wall map and the globe, and contains a Latin translation of the four journeys of Amerigo Vespucci as an appendix. The full title of the book is: Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucii ...
The map is particularly notable for portraying a fragmentary record of the Brazilian coast, discovered in 1500 by Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral who conjectured whether it was merely an island [39] or part of the continent that several Spanish expeditions had just encountered farther north (cf. Amerigo Vespucci).