Martin Waldseemüller

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German person Renaissance cartographer cartographer human

Martin Waldseemüller was a German Renaissance cartographer best known for producing the 1507 world map that first used the name "America" for the New World.

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Waldseemüller ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German person → Renaissance cartographer → cartographer → human →
alternativeName	Martin Hylacomylus → Martin Ilacomilus →
birthCountry	Holy Roman Empire →
birthPlace	Wolfenweiler → near Freiburg im Breisgau →
birthYear	c. 1470 →
collaboratedWith	Matthias Ringmann →
deathCountry	Duchy of Lorraine →
deathDate	1520-03-16 →
deathPlace	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges →
educatedAt	University of Freiburg NERFINISHED →
era	Age of Discovery → Renaissance →
familyName	Waldseemüller →
fieldOfWork	cartography → cosmography → geography →
givenName	Martin →
hasGender	male →
honours	Library of Congress acquisition of 1507 map →
influencedBy	Amerigo Vespucci →
knownFor	depicting the New World as a separate continent → first use of the name "America" on a map →
languageOfWork	Latin →
mapDepicts	Western Hemisphere → separate American continent →
mapProjectionUsed	cordiform projection →
mapType	world map →
movement	Renaissance →
nationality	German →
notableWork	1507 world map → Cosmographiae Introductio → Universalis Cosmographia →
occupation	cartographer → cosmographer → theologian →
publicationYear	1507 →
religion	Catholicism →
subjectOf	history of cartography studies →
workedAt	Gymnasium Vosagense →
workedIn	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amerigo Vespucci →	associatedWith
Martin Waldseemüller ("Waldseemüller") →	familyName