Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis

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

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Sabin 101019

Rosenwald 934

Thacher, II, p. 53 (Americana)

Kislak accession no.: 1985.003.00.0003.

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