First Map Of North America

First Map Of North America. Old North America Map Photograph by Belterz Pixels This nautical chart is the first known cartographic representation of the American continent The map has been referred to in various circles as America's birth certificate and for good reason; it is the first document on which the name "America" appears

Ringmann didn't have long to live after finishing the Introduction to Cosmography. This nautical chart is the first known cartographic representation of the American continent

Ancient Map Of America Cities And Towns Map

It is also the first map to depict a separate and full Western Hemisphere and the first map to represent the Pacific Ocean as a separate body of water. That is five to six years after Waldseemüller made his map 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

Lot 144 Americas. Moll (Herman). A New Map of North. 509-Year-Old Map Is the Only Known Copy of First Time "America" Appears It is also the first map to depict a separate and full Western Hemisphere and the first map to represent the Pacific Ocean as a separate body of water.

Ancient Map Of America Cities And Towns Map. The first historical records of Europeans to set eyes on this ocean, the Pacific, are recorded as Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1513 Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map grew out of an ambitious project in St