How the Waldseemüller Map Changed the Universe

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 10.16.09 | 2:43 PM ET

The Waldseemüller map was the first map to identify America, and as Toby Lester writes, it played a great role in Nicholas Copernicus’ argument that the earth revolves around the sun.

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