The Waldsemüller map published in 1507 is the first map to include the name "America" and the first to depict the Americas as separate from Asia. This is a photograph of the only surviving copy of the map, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 2001 for $10 million.

The Waldsemüller map published in 1507 is the first map to include the name "America" and the first to depict the Americas as separate from Asia. This is a photograph of the only surviving copy of the map, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 2001 for $10 million.

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