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العربية: خريطة ڤالدسيمولير العائدة لِسنة 1507م. هذه الخريطة هي الأولى التي أوردت اسم «أمريكا» وأوَّل خريطة فصلت الأمريكتين عن آسيا. هذه النسخة هي الوحيدة الباقية، وقد اشترتها مكتبة الكونغرس سنة 2001م مُقابل 10 ملايين دولار أمريكي.
English: Waldseemüller map from 1507 is the first map to include the name "America" and the first to depict the Americas as separate from Asia. There is only one surviving copy of the map, which was purchased by, the Library of Congress in 2001 for $10 million.
Français : Le planisphère de Waldseemüller de 1507 est la première carte mentionnant le nom "America" et la première à décrire les Amériques séparées de l'Asie. Il ne reste plus qu'une seule copie du planisphère encore existante à ce jour, acquise par la bibliothèque du Congrès en 2001 pour la somme de 10 millions de dollars.
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Martin Waldseemüller  (1470–1520)  wikidata:Q57197 q:cs:Martin Waldseemüller
 
Martin Waldseemüller
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Martin Hylacomylus
Description cartographer, cosmographer, theologian and geographer
Date of birth/death circa 1470
date QS:P,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Location of birth/death Wolfenweiler bei Freiburg im Breisgau Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Work period 1500 Edit this at Wikidata
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