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The fourth part of the world : the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name /

A chronicle of the early sixteenth-century creation of the Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, classicists, merchants, and other contributors from earlier periods shaped the map's creation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lester, Toby
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Free Press, 2009.
Edition:1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Subjects:
America > Maps > History.
America > Name.
Waldseemüller, Martin, > 1470-1519?
World maps > History.
Cartography > History.
Voyages and travels > History > To 1500.
Discoveries in geography > History > To 1500.
Paris, Matthew, > 1200-1259.
Polo, Marco, > 1254-1323?
Travelers' writings, European.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Summary:A chronicle of the early sixteenth-century creation of the Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, classicists, merchants, and other contributors from earlier periods shaped the map's creation.
Physical Description:xii, 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-435) and index.
ISBN:9781416535317 :
1416535314