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current | 09:24, 3 January 2017 | 13,708 × 7,590 (19.65 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map" class="extiw" title="en:Waldseemüller map">Waldseemüller map</a> from 1507 is the first map to include the name "America" and the first to depict the Americas as separate from Asia. There is only one surviving copy of the map, which was purchased by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" class="extiw" title="en:Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> in 2001 for $10 million. </p> |
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- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
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- Richard Amerike
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