First map to use the name America heads for the US

Charles Davis writes \”The first map to use the name America is heading for the
Library of Congress.
It is buying the 394-year-old chart for $10 million.
It\’s the only known copy of a map that historians say caused
the hemisphere to be named after explorer Amerigo
Vespucci instead of Columbus.

James H Billington, the librarian of Congress, commented:
\”This map, giving our hemisphere its name for the first time,
will be the crown jewel of the library\’s already unparalleled
collection of maps an atlases.\”
he map is often referred to as America\’s birth certificate.


Full story. \”

July 24, 2001 by Uncategorized 0

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