Map That Named America A Puzzle For Researchers

6 12 2007

I’m a big fan of maps. I have a few myself, including an old hand-colored one of Italy from a few hundred years ago. I found this article interesting – an old map of “America” created by German monk Martin Waldseemuller is mysteriously “stunningly accurate and surprisingly modern.”

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