13 October 2016–Just an Extra Post–Not for the Course   2 comments

For those who might share my fascination with maps, I highly recommend a brilliant new site published by the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy.  It is an interactive site investigating the 1507 map by German mapmaker Martin Waldseemüller.  It is the first map that discards many of the early preconceptions of the geography of the world.  Most importantly, it is the first map that identifies the Western Hemisphere as a distinctive part of the globe.  It is also the map that gives the name “America” to the continents of the Western Hemisphere. after the explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.  It would be difficult to overstate the significance of these discoveries for the European sense of place.

Posted October 13, 2016 by vferraro1971 in World Politics

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  1. I also like maps, especially the ones that are straightforward in their information communication, inspiring in their academic achievement and excellent in almost all aspects of their construct like this one!

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    Phoebe's avatar isun2015
    October 14, 2016 at 10:35 am

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