[DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci - Wikipedia [PAR] Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer 
who first ... In 1507, Martin Waldseemller produced a world map on which he 
named ... after the feminine Latin version of Vespucci's first name, which is 
Americus. .... Final years ... He died on February 22, 1512 at his home in Seville, 
Spain. [DOC] [TLE] Waldseemller map - Wikipedia [PAR] The Waldseemller map, Universalis Cosmographia, is a printed wall map of the 
world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemller, originally published in 
April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America". Its main map, 
and his globe gores of the same date, depict the American ... Those dates are five 
to six years after Waldseemller made his map. [DOC] [TLE] Naming of the Americas - Wikipedia [PAR] The naming of the Americas, or America occurred shortly after Christopher 
Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492. It is generally accepted that the 
name derives from Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer, who explored the new 
continents in the following years. ... Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454  February 
22, 1512) was an Italian... [DOC] [TLE] The Map That Named America (September 2003) - Library of ... [PAR] Library Acquires 1507 Waldseemller Map of the World ... world as we know 
them today Martin Waldseemller's monumental 1507 world map. ... revelation, 
he was honored with the use of his name for the newly discovered continent. ... 
Western Hemisphere was named for a living person; Vespucci did not die until 
1512. [DOC] [TLE] martin waldseemller | Tumblr [PAR] Reblog. Martin Waldseemller - Universalis Cosmographia, 1507. ... Lorenz Fries
' reduced version of Waldseemller's map, from Ptolemy's ... Amerigo Vespucci: 
America's Namesake Gets Historical Rediscovery 500 Years Later ... Still, even 
500 years after his Feb. 22, 1512 death, Vespucci remains a controversial figure. [DOC] [TLE] Renaissance German Cosmographers and the Naming of America [PAR] Martin Waldseemller's 1507 world map, from the 1903 facsimile. Courtesy ... 
explorer Christopher Columbus and the Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci. 
... called the 'New World', this event occurred the year after Columbus's 1498 
voyage. ... solely to the 'Martin Ilacomilvs' (Martin Waldseemller) who put his 
name to a... [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America: Amazon.de ... [PAR] In 1507 the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller published a world map with a 
new continent on it which he called America', after the explorer and navigator 
Amerigo Vespucci. ... Then in 1491 he followed his fellow-Italian Columbus to 
Seville. ... He became Pilot Major of Spain in 1508 and died in 1512. ..... 4.5 out of 
5 [DOC] [TLE] Martin Waldseemller #310 1 Title: Universalis Cosmographia ... [PAR] scholars for nearly four hundred years until its re-discovery in 1901 by the Jesuit 
... references to such a map by Waldseemller himself on his map of 1516; (2) 
from the ... overall) at Strasburg and printed at St. Die in a an original issue of 
about .... 5. The first use of the name AMERICA: as placed on South America. 
Martin... [DOC] [TLE] pdf file - Cartographic Images [PAR] name America on South America would indicate that it antedates the map of 
Martin. Waldseemller of 1507 (#310). It may be concluded from the want of all... [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci, Explorer and Navigator [PAR] Amerigo Vespucci, Florentine mariner whose name became "America" ... 
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was a Florentine sailor, explorer and trader. ... 
This put him at odds with Christopher Columbus, who insisted until his death that 
the .... world voyage until 1519 12 years after the publication of the 
Waldseemuller map. [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY [PAR] Those maps, that would seem to represent our continent, come from legendary .... 
This was in vain because after Waldseemuller's death the main european... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus, 500 Years Later [PAR] May 20, 1506, el genovs died in Valladolid, Spain

Question: This Italian navigator died in 1512, 5 years after Martin Waldseemuller put his name on the map
Answer: Amerigo Vespucci