feb 6, 1507 - Waldseemuller's map completed, showing the Americas as a landmass for the first time
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The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America." The name America is placed on what is now called South America on the main map. As explained in Cosmographiae Introduction, the name was bestowed in honor of the Italian Amerigo Vespucci.
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