Martin Hylacomylus

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Martin Hylacomylus is the Latinized name of Martin Waldseemüller, the early 16th-century German cartographer best known for producing the first map to use the name "America."

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Martin Hylacomylus canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance humanist
cartographer
cosmographer
human
alsoKnownAs Hylacomylus
Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Ilacomilus
surface form: Martinus Ilacomilus
associatedWith Duchy of Lorraine
birthYear c. 1470
centuryOfActivity 16th century
citizenship Holy Roman Empire
collaboratedWith Matthias Ringmann
deathYear 1520
era Renaissance
ethnicGroup German
explainedNameAmericaIn Cosmographiae Introductio
fieldOfWork cartography
cosmography
geography
hasBirthName Martin Waldseemüller
hasGender male
hasLatinName Martin Hylacomylus self-link
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
influenced later European cartography
naming conventions for the Americas
influencedBy Amerigo Vespucci
knownFor popularizing the name "America" for the New World
producing the first map to use the name "America"
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
mapDepicts New World
Western Hemisphere
mapInnovation first printed world map to name America
memberOf Gymnasium Vosagense
notableWork Carta Itineraria Europae
Cosmographiae Introductio
Universalis Cosmographia
occupation cartographer
cosmographer
theologian
placeOfActivity Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
subjectOf history of cartography
usedNameFrom Amerigo Vespucci
wroteTextFor Cosmographiae Introductio

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Martin Waldseemüller alternativeName Martin Hylacomylus
Martin Hylacomylus hasLatinName Martin Hylacomylus self-link