Cultural Readings - Waldseemüller

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Waldseemüller
Jay I. Kislak Foundation Martin Waldseemüller,
Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis.
St. Dié: Walter Ludd, 1507.
In his text, Waldseemüller proposes that, because of Vespucci's discoveries, the term "America" be used to designate the New World, chiefly the southern continent.

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Jay I. Kislak Foundation	Martin Waldseemüller, Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. St. Dié: Walter Ludd, 1507.
In his text, Waldseemüller proposes that, because of Vespucci's discoveries, the term "America" be used to designate the New World, chiefly the southern continent.