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Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis

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Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis

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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.
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 934
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Sabin 101019
Rosenwald 934
Thacher, II, p. 53 (Americana)
Kislak accession no.: 1985.003.00.0003.

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01/01/1507
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Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519.
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