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MapUniversalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru[m]que lustrationes
Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorū que lustrationes "Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map was the first map to depict a separate Western hemisphere with the Pacific as a separate ocean. The map grew out of an ambitious project in Saint-Dié, Lorraine (in present-day France), during the early 1500s, to document and update new geographic knowledge derived from the Portuguese and Spanish explorations of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Waldseemüller's map...- Contributor: Waldseemüller, Martin
- Date: 1507
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MapLa herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck D'Avoir cirquit toute la Terre Includes two inset maps and a portrait of Francis Drake. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 48 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus.
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Sype, Nicola Van
- Date: 1581-01-01