Putting America on the map
Subtitle: the story of the most important graphic document in the history of the United States
By: Seymour I. Schwartz.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781591025139
Subjects: Waldseemüller, Martin, -- 1470-1521?; World maps -- History; Cartography -- History; America -- Name; America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800; America -- Historical geography; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps
Genres: Maps; Early works to 1800.; Maps.
Description: In 1507, a German cartographer working in Saint Die, in the Duchy of Lorraine, created a world map that, for the first time, included the continental landmasses in the Western Hemisphere, discovered within the 15 previous years. Schwartz brings to life the amazing history of America's 'baptismal certificate'.