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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martin Waldseemuller There is no documentary evidence as to Martin's course of study at the university; it is plain, however, that he studied theology, for in 1514 he applied as a cleric of the Diocese of Constance for a canonry at St-Dié, and got it. Waldseemüller began at once to make the preliminary prepartions for this task, but death prevented him from completing it, as it also prevented his finishing a new edition of Ptolemy which was to be of a more convenient size and was to have an explanatory text and a large number of illustrations. Waldseemüller's maps and explanations are retained almost without change in the editions of Ptolemy of the years 1525, 1535, and 1541, while important emendations were made in the text of Ptolemy. www.newadvent.org /cathen/15531a.htm   (895 words)

September 2003 - Library of Congress Information Bulletin Martin Waldseemüller, the primary author of the 1507 world map, was a 16th-century scholar, humanist, cleric and cartographer who was part of the small intellectual circle, the Gymnasium Vosagense, in Saint-Dié, France. Waldseemüller's map represented a bold statement that rationalized the modern world in light of the exciting news arriving in Europe as a result of explorations across the Atlantic Ocean or down the African coast, which were sponsored by Spain, Portugal and others. Waldseemüller recognized the transition taking place, as the title of his map notes and as his prominent placement of images of Ptolemy and Vespucci next to their worlds at the top portion of the 1507 world map denotes. www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/0309/maps.html   (2113 words)

WaldseemUller Martin: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) Waldseemüller also prepared with his colleagues a new edition of Ptolemy, published in 1513. The geographer Martin Waldseemuller was so impressed that he coined the name America...pleasing me. Columbus died in 1506, before the Waldseemuller map came out, and two years later Vespucci, who... The Cosmographiae introductio by Martin Waldseemuller, a geographic work that for the first time referred to the newly discovered continent as America, was printed... www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/waldseemuller-martin.jsp?l=W&p=1   (1256 words)

Map by Martin Waldseemüller - Picture - ninemsn Encarta This map comes from the 1507 edition of Martin Waldseemüller's Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes. It is the first map known to have presented the whole world by covering 360 degrees of longitude, to have demarcated the coast of Africa as explored by the Portuguese, and to name the continent of America. Scholars are baffled as to how the name of the Pacific Ocean came to be reflected on this map, as the first recorded sighting of the Ocean, by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, did not occur until 1513. au.encarta.msn.com /media_1481506015_781534525_-1_1/Map_by_Martin_Waldseemller.html   (103 words)

Martin Waldseemüller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was born in Radolfzell (or according to the Catholic Encyclopedia Wolfenweiler, near Freiburg, with his mother originating from Radolfzell) and studied at the University of Freiburg. In 1513 Waldseemüller appears to have had second thoughts about the name, probably due to contemporary protests about Vespucci’s role in the discovery and naming of America. In his reworking of the Ptolemy atlas (written with Ringmann) the continent is labelled simply Terra Incognita (unknown land). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martin_Waldseemuller   (382 words)

1507 - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com The western continent is named America on the maps of Martin Waldseemller. Anne Boleyn, later second Queen consort of Henry VIII of England. July 29 - Martin Behaim, navigator, geographer (* 1459) www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/1507   (69 words)

Martin Waldseemuller - Search Results - MSN Encarta Martin Waldseemuller - Search Results - MSN Encarta In 1507 Waldseemüller produced a large map of the world, a small... Search for books about your topic, "Martin Waldseemuller" encarta.msn.com /Martin_Waldseemuller.html   (79 words)

Martin Waldseemuller - MSN Encarta Waldseemüller, Martin (1470?-1522?), German cartographer, born in Radolfzell. In 1507 Waldseemüller produced a large map of the world, a small globe,... Become a subscriber today and gain access to: encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552089/Martin_Waldseemuller.html   (39 words)

Martin Waldseemuller Posters Prints - The Red Sea and Arabia Gulf to the Supposed Malay Peninsula Art Giclee Print - ... Martin Waldseemuller Posters Prints - The Red Sea and Arabia Gulf to the Supposed Malay Peninsula Art Giclee Print - Artist: Martin Waldseemuller - Poster Size: 24x18 Browse all your favorite Martin Waldseemuller posters, art prints and framed art at Art.com, the World's # 1 Art Print and Poster store... All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners. www.shop.com /op/aprod-p50704315   (262 words)

Library of Congress Announces Gift of Kislak Collection These treasured objects reveal the legacy of America's distant past, during which a rich blend of cultures shaped the new nation. The collection includes a unique 1516 printed map, the Carta Marina, the first printed navigational chart of the entire world, prepared by cartographer and cosmographer Martin Waldseemller. The inclusion of this world treasure in the Kislak Collection allows that document to rejoin the Waldseemuller 1507 world map, the first map to name America, which the Library of Congress acquired in late May 2003. www.loc.gov /today/pr/2004/04-063.html   (1176 words)

Martin Waldseemuller Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print Martin Waldseemuller Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print The Cosmographiæ introductio of Martin Waldseemüller in facsimile, followed by The four voyages of Amerigo Vespucci, with their translation into English We guarantee the condition of every book, new or used. www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Martin_Waldseemuller   (99 words)

Amercia Cup Prada » Sailing Cup Amerca Sneaker - Omega Amrica Cup The earliest known use of the name America for this particular landmass dates from 1507. It appears on a globe and a large map created by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemller in Saint-Di-des-Vosges. An accompanying book, Cosmographiae Introductio, explains that the name was derived from the Latinized version of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci's name, Americus Vespucius, in its feminine form, America, as the other continents all have Latin feminine names. www.parknews.org /sport/america-cup.htm   (1108 words)

WAML News & Notes February 2004 Items in the collection deal with the geography of the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, Mesoamerica and parts of the rest of the Americas. This map rejoins the Waldseemuller 1507 world map, the first map to name America, which the Library of Congress acquired in May 2003. Armstrong, Patrick H. and Martin, Geoffrey J., 2004. www.waml.org /nn/nn0404.html   (12299 words)

99.02.03: Mexicans: Mythology, Movement & Masterpiece (a drama curriculum unit for fifth graders) At the end of the play, Tremaine winds up in the computer with these characters (as well as others) to figure out how America was discovered. Subsequently this vast land mass would get its name from French geographer, Martin Waldseemller, who mistakenly named the continent after Italian sailor, Amerigo Vespucci, which Waldseemller published in an atlas thinking Amerigo to be the explorer who discovered the new world. (In 1505, several letters describing such a discovery by Vespucci had been printed in Europe; The Cosmographiae Introductio by Martin Waldseemller; Exploring American History, p. www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/2/99.02.03.x.html   (8098 words)

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