Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis
Summary
Designed to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map of the world, on which the New World is called America.
"America" is suggested as name for the New World on sig. C1 recto and C3 verso.
Originally published earlier in the same year.
Signatures: A-B⁶ C-D⁴ ²A⁸ b-c⁴ d⁸ e-f⁴.
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 934
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Sabin 101019
Rosenwald 934
Thacher, II, p. 53 (Americana)
Kislak accession no.: 1985.003.00.0003.
Tags
america
discovery and exploration
name
geography
early maps
vespucci amerigo
saint dié
latin
cosmographiae
introductio
cosmographiae introductio
geometriae
astronomiae
principiis
eam
rem
necessariis
early works to 1600
amerigo vespucci
1507
high resolution
ultra high resolution
early works to 1800
early accounts to 1600
lessing j rosenwald collection
rare book selections
rare book and special collections division
jay i kislak collection library of congress
john boyd thacher collection library of congress
riviere and son
josé maría rodríguez
martin waldseemüller
geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis
insuper quattuor americi vespucij nauigationes
eis etiam insertis quae ptholom
vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio
Date
01/01/1507
Contributors
Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519.
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain