The Map That Named America

St-Dié-des-Vosges, 1507: Martin Waldseemüller's universal cosmography becomes the first map to write "America" — lost for four centuries, rebought by the U.S. in 2003 — plus his 1516 Carta Marina.

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7 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of 1516 — Library of Congress
2. Chet Van Duzer, Portraying the World Anew: Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta Marina — David Rumsey Map Center
3. The Lost Map That Named America — Anything History
4. How a 1507 German Map Became America’s Birth Certificate — Voice of America
5. How America Got Its Name — Randall Christopher Niles
6. The Library of Congress Has a Map of America From 1507 — Before America Was Named — Missing Century
7. European conquest of America - Summary on a Map — Geo History