Article: Putting "America" on the Map.(Brief article)(Book review)

Putting "America" on the Map

Seymour I. Schwartz

Prometheus Books

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In 1507 a German cartographer working in Saint Die crated a world map for included the newly-discovered Western Hemisphere land masses for the first time, calling them "America' to honor one Amerigo Vespucci, who had been credited with setting foot on South ...

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