World map from Claudius Ptolemy's Cosmographia (Ulm, 1482): the first edition of Ptolemy printed in Germany, and the first edition in which woodcut maps appear.
Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Contributor:
D'Angelo, Jacopo. tr.; Nicolaus Germanus, 15th cent. ed.
Created:
1482
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Pierre Moullart-Sanson was the grandson of Nicolas Sanson and the uncle of Gilles Robert de Vaugondy. He began making maps in 1693. This polar projection extending to the equator is in outline form with few interior details. California is an island and the northwest Pacific coast is undefined.
Creator:
Moullart-Sanson, Pierre
Created:
1704
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This is the first globular map to use the term "America" in designating the continents of the New World. It was originally published to accompany Waldseemüller’s Cosmographiae introductio.
Creator:
Waldseemüller, Martin
Created:
1507
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
