Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis : insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes : uniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido q[uam] plano eis etiam insertis quae Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt : disthycon cum deus astra regat & terrae climata Caesar nec tellus nec eis sydera maius habent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1521?

Contributor:

Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Geography--Early works to 1800.

Geography.

America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.

America.

America--Early accounts to 1600.

America--Name--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([105] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 fold.) ) ill.

Other Title:

Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis

Place of Publication:

[Saint-Dié, France : Walter and Nikolaus Lud, 29 August 1507]

Notes:

Colophon (encircling printer's mark of Walter and Nikolaus Lud): "Vrbs Deodate tuo clarescens nomine praesul Qua Vogesi montis sunt iuga pressit opus Pressit/& ipsa eadē Christo monimēta fauēte Tempore venturo caetera multa premet. Finitū. iiij.kl'. Septēbris Anno supra sesquimillesimū. vij."

This is the book which first suggested the name America.

Designed to accompany the globe gores and the world map.

Originally published earlier in the same year.

Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.

Sabin no. 101018.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG01-B1663

Related Work:

Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512. Quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes.

OCLC:

85797144