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Rare Map Related to America‘s ‘Birth Certificate’ Discovered in Munich University Library

Photo: The surprise find in the stacks at Munich University Library: The segmented world map made by Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1507). (Credit: Source: Munich University Library)

from Science Daily

ScienceDaily (July 3, 2012) — The American continent was “christened” by the cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. A previously unknown variant of the famous world map from the mapmaker’s workshop has unexpectedly turned up in the collections in the University Library in Munich.

When Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel officially handed over the famous map of the world printed by Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1470 — 1522) to the Library of Congress In Washington in 2007, she referred to it as “a wonderful token of the particularly close ties of friendship between Germany and America.” . . . Read Complete Report