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2. Waldseemüller map - Wikipedia

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   The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography") is a printed wall map of the world by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America". The name America is placed on South America on the main map

3. Naming of the Americas - Wikipedia

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   Gerardus Mercator applied the names North and South America on his influential 1538 world map; by this point, the naming was irrevocable. [20] Acceptance may have been aided by the "natural poetic counterpart" that the name America made with Asia, Africa, and Europa. [13]

4. Timeline of pre–United States history - Wikipedia

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   1507 – A new world map by Martin Waldseemuller names the continents of the New World "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. 1508 – First European colony and oldest known European settlement in a United States territory is founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico , by Juan Ponce de León .

5. List of historical maps - Wikipedia

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   Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...

6. Category:1500s in North America - Wikipedia

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   Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "1500s in North America" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

7. File:Indigenous American Nations, 16th century - 2022 edition.jpg

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   Indigenous America Maps: Author: Peter Klumpenhower: Permission (Reusing this file) "This map is released into the public domain by its author, Peter Klumpenhower. You may copy, distribute, and modify this map for any purpose… CC0 1.0, public domain" (See lower right corner of map.)

8. Category:Historic maps of the Americas - Wikipedia

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9. File:1500 map by Juan de la Cosa rotated.jpg - Wikipedia

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