Martin Ilacomilus

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German person book cartographer human world map

Martin Ilacomilus is an alternative name for Martin Waldseemüller, the early 16th-century German cartographer credited with first using the name "America" on a world map.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Martin Ilacomilus canonical 2
Martinus Ilacomilus 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German person ⓘ
German person ⓘ
book ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
human ⓘ
world map ⓘ
alternateName Martin Waldseemüller ⓘ
author Martin Waldseemüller ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator Martin Waldseemüller ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1470 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1520 ⓘ
described the New World as a separate continent ⓘ
educatedAt Freiburg University ⓘ
surface form: University of Freiburg
era Renaissance ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
cosmography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
influencedBy Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
knownFor Universalis Cosmographia ⓘ
surface form: Universalis Cosmographia world map of 1507

first known use of the name "America" on a world map ⓘ
popularizing the name America for the New World ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
memberOf Gymnasium Vosagense ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableWork Cosmographiae Introductio ⓘ
Universalis Cosmographia ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wolfenweiler ⓘ
near Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saint-Dié-des-Vosges ⓘ
proposedName America for the New World ⓘ
publicationDate 1507 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
usedName Hylacomylus ⓘ
Ilacomilus ⓘ
Martin Ilacomilus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
usedScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
workLocation Saint-Dié-des-Vosges ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martin Waldseemüller → alternativeName → Martin Ilacomilus ⓘ
Martin Ilacomilus → usedName → Martin Ilacomilus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Hylacomylus → alsoKnownAs → Martin Ilacomilus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martinus Ilacomilus