Martin Waldseemüller

(1469–1520) Cartographer

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Martin Waldseemüller was a cartographer.

Quick Facts About Martin Waldseemüller

Born: November 30, 1469
Died: March 16, 1520
Profession: Cartographer

About Martin Waldseemüller

[Wikidata] German cartographer... | [Wikipedia] Martin Waldseemüller was a German cartographer and humanist scholar. Sometimes known by the Hellenized form of his name, Hylacomylus, his work was influential among contemporary cartographers. His collaborator Matthias Ringmann and he are credited with the first recorded usage of the word America to

Quotes by Martin Waldseemüller

“ab Americo Inventore ...quasi Americi terram sive Americam From Amerigo the discoverer ...as if it were the land of Americus, thus America.”

Martin Waldseemüller

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