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Article: Putting "America" on the Map.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- January 1, 2008
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Putting "America" on the Map
Seymour I. Schwartz
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197
9781591025139, $29.95 www.prometheusbooks.com
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 ...