The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-26
FAMOUS MAPS FOUND.
One OF Them was the first 90 Contain the
Name America Lost for centuries.

Nh'Nt NUttFttS WI
Two OF the mos, famous maps of the
Columbian era Of discovery have never
been seen in modern times till within the
past few weeks. Some of the German
g~eographers nave hunted aSsiduously for
them In archives and libraries. II began
to be thought that the last copies OF them
had been destroyed: but a copy Of each
has now been accidentally discovered.
Prof. p Fischer Of Feldkirch, Germany.
who is preparing n scientific work on the
discoveries Of the Norsemen In Greenland
and the northeast coast Of this continent.
was recently looking for old Greenland
maps in the fine library Of Prince wald-
hourg AZ Wolfegg Castle, in Wdrtemburg.
when he came across the two long-loss
wall maps. They were made by the Ger
maj photographer. Martin Waldseemiiller.
early in the sixteenth century, The maps
were in sheets, slowed away in a folio that.
perhaps. had not been opened in many
generations. One Of them, issued in 1907,
II the oldest map on which the name Amer
lea appears. The other map was published
In 1919; both maps had great influence in
their day in stimulating further research
in the new world. and the earlier map, to-
gether with the accompanying Ietterpress.
-" w Wv Nhhl' Wh'N aN
given 10 the two great continents that
were revealed by Columbus and those who
followed him. The story Of this important
find has just been told in Pctermann's
Miteiiungen by Prof DR.. Won Wie%er. who
had long sought for the missing Valid
seemdller wall maps.
In 1907. when Waldseemuller published
the earlier Of these maps, he also pub
lished a small explanatory treatise in Latin
entitled "Cosmographip Introductio' with
an appendix containing translat ions OF
the letters Of AmeriGo vospucci. This
little work was chiefly remarkable because
the name America was first proposed In II.
The author said in his pamphlet;
And the fourth part Of tho world having
been discovered 10y Americus II may he
called AmeriRe; that is, the land Of Amer
icus, or America"
II was not long before the suggestion
was adopted, the name heing first applied
to South America and later extended over
the whole of the western world.
Only a few copies Of the original Coos
m%ogfaphiG Introductio" are known to
cxist. The copies that arc in American
libraries were bought al high prices and
are treasured with much care,
Waldseemhller is known to most Of the
world only as the mar who. surposing that
Vespucci was the first discovercr of ths
American mainland, suggested that Il he
named America. and his suggestion was
adopted. DR.. Won Wicsor, however, says
that be has far higher claims 20 distinction.
He was the first photographer who made
printed maps, showing the transoceanio
discoveries Of the spa niards and Portu-
guese. He was the fir-t map maker to
show there disco verios on many sheets.
putting them together To- mako vail maps
and producing many copies hy the printing
press. The fact that the scientific achieve
mputs of Waldseemuller wcru aim, 1T for
gotten for generations IL due largely TO the
jealousy of his contempnrau"uus rivals,
who belittled his work and lost 40 oppor-
tunity tn eliminate his name whenever
possible from every map he PRODUCED.
TIE result was that when interest was re-
viVed IN his productions. which were proven
TO have given a great impetus "a explora-
tory enterprises m his day, not n single
example could 10 found Of hls three most
important photographic works
These works were the "Neltkarte Won
1901 published at ~ Die. to which
he -~CosmOgraphiR lniruduciio belonged;
he "Carta ltIncraria Europa, published
a. StTasburg IN 1911, with explanatory
text by NJ. Ringmaun ard the "t2rta
Marina" Of 1919 Al that wa- known -
these maps wa- from short descriptions
Of them and reduced CoIirs in which met
of the details Of he large ,tiIln1's we
necessarily omitted The urgIu.' mas
APPEARED TO hav" be"u completely host.
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vac Nrry great. fnrfotur". Nh'u he received
d I.ttsr nom h.r ioruIrI pupil Prof llrcirf.
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