Waldseemuller S Map Was The First To Show This Ocean

This map has the experts mystified because it depicts the pacific ocean at least 10 years before the spaniard balboa was supposed to have discovered it. Sometimes known by the latinized form of his name, hylacomylus, his work was influential among contemporary cartographers.he and his collaborator matthias ringmann are credited with the first recorded usage of the word america to name a portion of the new world. In fact the carta marina is in several ways more interesting than the 1507 map:

In fact the carta marina is in several ways more interesting than the 1507 map: In an age of exploration, this map literally chaged the face of the world. File:waldseemuller map closeup with catigara and mallaqua.jpg.

World map (detail) martin waldseemuller, 1507.

The first historical records of europeans to set eyes on this ocean, the pacific, are recorded as vasco núñez de balboa in 1513 or, ponce de león in 1512 or 1513. In fact the carta marina is in several ways more interesting than the 1507 map: Last week i had to visit the library of congress, so i dropped in on the 1507 map by martin waldseemuller.the map, which was acquired by the library. 3, 2007, a very rare map by martin waldseemuller went on permanent display at the library of congress.