[PDF.06gk] Putting "America" on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States

Putting "America" on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States

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 | #2248966 in Books |  Prometheus Books |  2007-09-14 |  2007-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.45 x6.40l,1.74 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Customer|Nice|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| History of Maps|By Tom Ellzey|A facinating read on the history of how America came to get its name. If your interested in how map makers created the countries and continents of the world this is for you.
Tom Ellzey author 'The Elephant's Heart

In 1507, a German cartographer working in Saint Die, in the Duchy of Lorraine, created a world map that, for the first time, included the continental landmasses in the Western Hemisphere, discovered within the 15 previous years. He inserted the name "America" on the southern continent, honoring Amerigo Vespucci, who had erroneously been credited with setting foot on South American soil before Christopher Columbus. With the aid of the recently invented printing press, the...

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