page_title: Leonardo's world map
hierarchical_section_title: Leonardo's world map
caption_attribution_description: English: Leonardoś World map showing the name of America
context_page_description: Leonardo's world map is a map drawn in the "octant projection" in approximately 1514, found among the papers of Leonardo da Vinci. It features an early use of the name America. The map incorporates information from the travels of Amerigo Vespucci, published in 1503 and 1505. Additionally, the map accurately shows the Arctic as an ocean and Antarctica as a continent of about the correct size.
  The likelihood that the map, found among Leonardo da Vinci's papers preserved in Windsor, was drawn by Leonardo himself has not been completely accepted by scholars. According to Major, who published the map in 1865 and defended its authenticity, the date indicated would be doubtful also because Florida is drawn as an island with the name of TERRA FLORIDA, while in maps Cosa 1500 and the Cantino of 1502 it appears as a peninsula, whence Major deduced that it should be earlier than 1514. In fact Ferdinand Columbus mentions the Island before 1492 "and upon returning they found the island of flowers .."
context_section_description: Leonardo's world map is a map drawn in the "octant projection" in approximately 1514, found among the papers of Leonardo da Vinci. It features an early use of the name America. The map incorporates information from the travels of Amerigo Vespucci, published in 1503 and 1505. Additionally, the map accurately shows the Arctic as an ocean and Antarctica as a continent of about the correct size.
  The likelihood that the map, found among Leonardo da Vinci's papers preserved in Windsor, was drawn by Leonardo himself has not been completely accepted by scholars. According to Major, who published the map in 1865 and defended its authenticity, the date indicated would be doubtful also because Florida is drawn as an island with the name of TERRA FLORIDA, while in maps Cosa 1500 and the Cantino of 1502 it appears as a peninsula, whence Major deduced that it should be earlier than 1514. In fact Ferdinand Columbus mentions the Island before 1492 "and upon returning they found the island of flowers .."
caption: Modern recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's world map
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