The Rootage Map Of America

You tin straight off explore the get-go always map to role the give-and-take 'America' - amongst Google Maps. Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map 'Universalis Cosmographia' has the 'America' place-name on what is straight off called South America. The refer was used yesteryear Waldseemüller inwards accolade of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

A Land Beyond the Stars is a novel website created yesteryear the Geography too Map Division of the Library of Congress too the Galileo Museum inwards Florence. As good every bit the interactive version of Waldseemüller's 1507 map the site includes a wealth of data too videos explaining 16th century agreement of cartography & astronomy.

The interactive map itself contains a lay out of options to acquire to a greater extent than virtually the Universalis Cosmographia map. These options include detailed explanations of the map's top dog 5 sections, translations of the Latin text too explanations of but about of the map illustrations.