Cosmographiae Introductio
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Cosmographiae Introductio is a 1507 Latin cosmography book, best known for introducing and popularizing the name "America" for the newly discovered Western Hemisphere.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cosmographiae Introductio canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3716393 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cosmographiae Introductio Context triple: [Martin Waldseemüller, notableWork, Cosmographiae Introductio]
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A.
Atlas Maior, sive Cosmographia Blaviana
Atlas Maior, sive Cosmographia Blaviana is a monumental 17th-century world atlas by Joan Blaeu, renowned for its richly detailed maps and lavish baroque cartography.
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B.
Mysterium Cosmographicum
Mysterium Cosmographicum is Johannes Kepler’s early astronomical treatise in which he proposes a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
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C.
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae is Johannes Kepler’s influential early-17th-century astronomy textbook that systematically presented and expanded Copernican heliocentrism using Kepler’s own laws of planetary motion.
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D.
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
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E.
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is Galileo Galilei’s influential 1632 work that presents and defends the Copernican heliocentric model through a comparative dialogue of astronomical theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cosmographiae Introductio Target entity description: Cosmographiae Introductio is a 1507 Latin cosmography book, best known for introducing and popularizing the name "America" for the newly discovered Western Hemisphere.
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A.
Atlas Maior, sive Cosmographia Blaviana
Atlas Maior, sive Cosmographia Blaviana is a monumental 17th-century world atlas by Joan Blaeu, renowned for its richly detailed maps and lavish baroque cartography.
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B.
Mysterium Cosmographicum
Mysterium Cosmographicum is Johannes Kepler’s early astronomical treatise in which he proposes a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
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C.
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae is Johannes Kepler’s influential early-17th-century astronomy textbook that systematically presented and expanded Copernican heliocentrism using Kepler’s own laws of planetary motion.
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D.
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
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E.
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is Galileo Galilei’s influential 1632 work that presents and defends the Copernican heliocentric model through a comparative dialogue of astronomical theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cosmography treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Martin Waldseemüller ⓘ |
| author | Matthias Ringmann ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | René II, Duke of Lorraine ⓘ |
| describes |
Africa
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America ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ four parts of the world ⓘ |
| explains | reasons for naming the new continent America ⓘ |
| field |
history of cartography
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history of geography ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmography
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geography ⓘ |
| hasFormat | printed pamphlet ⓘ |
| hasModernEditions | critical scholarly editions ⓘ |
| hasPart | Latin translation of Amerigo Vespucci’s letters ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key document in the history of the name America
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one of the earliest works to treat the New World as a separate continent ⓘ |
| influenced | early modern European geographic nomenclature ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mentions |
Christopher Columbus
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Spanish and Portuguese voyages of discovery ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introducing the name America
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popularizing the name America for the New World ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 52 ⓘ |
| preservedIn | various European libraries and archives ⓘ |
| primaryTopic |
description of the world
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newly discovered lands in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 25 April 1507 ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1507 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gymnasium Vosagense ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Waldseemüller map
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surface form:
Waldseemüller world map of 1507
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| structure | chapters with didactic explanations of cosmography ⓘ |
| subject | Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
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| updates | Ptolemaic geography with New World discoveries ⓘ |
| uses | Ptolemaic geographical concepts ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Matthias Ringmann under the auspices of Martin Waldseemüller ⓘ |
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Subject: Cosmographiae Introductio Description of subject: Cosmographiae Introductio is a 1507 Latin cosmography book, best known for introducing and popularizing the name "America" for the newly discovered Western Hemisphere.
Referenced by (8)
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subject surface form:
Martin Waldseemüller