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Why the heck is America called America and not, say, Columbia? You’ll find the answer to that question and .

Why the heck is America called America and not, say, Columbia? You’ll find the answer to that question and many more in Toby Lester‘s. But in 1507 a peculiar item appeared–the Waldseemuller map- that outlined a fourth part of the world called America, with the Atlantic Ocean on the one side and an unnamed ocean on the other. Here’s the really curious thing though: at that time no European had ever seen what we now call the Pacific Ocean. Balboa was the first to see it, and he didn’t do so until 1513.

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So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name

So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name. For millennia Europeans believed that the world consisted of three parts: Europe, Africa, and Asia.

The map is most famous for having given America its name, which alone would make it a historical treasure. But it charts something much larger and more complex than just the contours of New World discovery. Toby Lester's book is a sumptuous feast. We meet an extraordinary cast of philosophers, merchants and astronomers.

As Toby Lester tells in this boundlessly engaging book, this map was not just the first to give America a name, it was the very first to show it as a continent, separated from Asia by a new ocean. Advertising its purchase, Congress called the map "America's birth certificate"; Lester rates its importance much less narrowly.

The story behind the Waldseemuller world map of 1507, a thrilling saga of geographical and intellectual exploration ISBN: 9781416535317 (America, World Maps, Cartography, Voyages And Travels, Discoveries In Geography). Other Products from hartmannbooks (View All). Davis, Marion Quinlan. Mother's Guide . hartmannbooks.

It's the map of the world they have in their minds. Intellectual ingenuity meets swashbuckling audacity, until at last a picture emerges of the earth as we know it today. A barbarian's map marks the spot of just a few things: herds of sheep to steal, convenience stores to rob, political opponents to condemn on talk radio or the internet. A civilized person tries to see the world as a whole. The Fourth Part of the Worldreminds us that our maps aren't just about where we are - they're also a record of every place we've ever been.