Person1470–1520
Martin Waldseemüller
German cartographer who was the first to call the New World “America”.
- Dates
- c. 1470 – 16 March 1520
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Western and Central Europe
- In the threads
- Age of Discovery and the New World
Events
- Waldseemüller mapApril 1507 · Western and Central Europe