The depiction of America on Martin Waldseemüller’s world map from 1507—Humanistic geography in the service of political propaganda
This paper demonstrates that the depiction of America on Waldseemüller’s world map of 1507, regardless of its apparently modern depiction, was not a rendering based primarily on geographical knowledge of new discoveries across the Atlantic Ocean. On the contrary, this depiction of America should ins...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Cogent Arts & Humanities |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2016.1152785 |