1507 Person of the year
🇩🇪 Martin Waldseemüller, Introduction of the Name 'America', Created the first map to depict and name the Americas, changing geographical understanding.
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Further Reading
Recognizing and Naming America: Waldseemüller's 1507 Map (loc.gov)
Waldseemüller map - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
The Map That Named America (September 2003) (loc.gov)
Martin Waldseemüller Creates the First Map to Name America (historyofinformation.com)
The Waldseemüller Map: Charting the New World | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com)
World Map (1507) - National Geographic Education (nationalgeographic.org)
The epic story of the map that gave America its name - BBC (bbc.com)
In 1507, This Map Used the Name 'America' for the First Time (atlasobscura.com)