Cosmographiae introductio
Subtitle: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. Insuper Quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes. Vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido [quam] plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt.
Contributors: Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress); John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: [Walter et Nikolaus Lud]
Published: 1507
Place of publication: Vrbs Deodate [St. Dié ]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Geography -- Early works to 1800.; Early maps.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.; America -- Early accounts to 1600.; America -- Name.
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Early accounts to 1600.
Notes: Sabin 101019
Rosenwald 934
Thacher, II, p. 53 (Americana)
Designed to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map of the world, on which the New World is called America.
"America" is suggested as name for the New World on sig. C1 recto and C3 verso.
Originally published earlier in the same year.
Signatures: A-B⁶ C-D⁴ ²A⁸ b-c⁴ d⁸ e-f⁴ (f4 verso blank).