Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Photo in the News: First "America" Map to Go on Display


Photo in the News: First "America" Map to Go on Display: "As the U.S. Library of Congress readies the first map to use the name 'America' for its public debut, some researchers are wondering where in the world the mapmaker got his information. The world map, created by German cartographer Martin Waldseem�ller in 1507, is the first document to show a separate Western Hemisphere and label the Pacific Ocean as its own body of water."

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