Waldseemüller, Martin

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• WALDSEEMÜLLER, Martin — (1470 1518) Martin Waldseemüller, a mapmaker, book publisher, and canon of the Church of St. Die in Lorraine, coined the term America as the name for the New World to honor, erroneously, the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci as its discoverer.… …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• Waldseemüller, Martin — ▪ German cartographer Waldseemüller also spelled  Waltzemüller, or Walzenmüller,  Greek  Hylacomylus, or Ilacomilus  born c. 1470, Radolfzell, Württemberg [Germany] died 1518–21?, Saint Dié, Lorraine [now in France]       German cartographer who… …   Universalium

• Waldseemüller, Martin — ► (1470 1521) Geógrafo y cartógrafo alemán. Autor de Cosmographiae universalis introductio (1507) …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Waldseemüller — Waldseemüller, Martin …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Waldseemüller — Martin Waldseemüller. Posthumes Fantasieporträt von Gaston Save (1844–1901). Martin Waldseemüller (* um 1470 in Freiburg; † um 1522 in Saint Dié) war ein deutscher Kartograf. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Martin Waldseemüller — (19th century painting). The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Martin Waldseemueller. Martin Waldseemüller (Latinized Martinus Ilacomylus, Ilacomilus or… …   Wikipedia

• Martin Waldseemuller —     Martin Waldseemüller     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Waldseemüller     (Graecized ILACOMILUS).     Learned Humanist and celebrated cartographer, born at Wolfenweiler near Fribourg, or in Fribourg itself, about 1475; died as a canon of St …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Martin Waldseemüller — vu par Gaston Save (XIXe siècle) …   Wikipédia en Français

• Martin Waldseemuller — Martin Waldseemüller Martin Waldseemüller Martin Waldseemüller vu par Gaston Save (peinture du XIXème siècle) S …   Wikipédia en Français

• Waldseemüller — Martin Waldseemüller Martin Waldseemüller Martin Waldseemüller vu par Gaston Save (peinture du XIXème siècle) S …   Wikipédia en Français