Martin Waldseemüller

Martin Waldseemüller (Latin name Martinus Ilacomilus or Hylacomylus, c. 1470 – c.  1521/1522) was a German cartographer. He was born in Freiburg im Breisgau (his mother was from Radolfzell) and studied at the University of Freiburg. On April 25, 1507, working at St. Deodatus (German: Sankt Diedel) in the duchy of Lotharingia (today Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France), he produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map (Universalis Cosmographia) bearing the first use of the name "America". The globular and wall maps were accompanied by a book Cosmographiae Introductio, an introduction to cosmography. The book includes a translation to Latin of the Quattuor Americi navigationes (Four Voyages of Amerigo), which is apparently a letter written by Amerigo Vespucci, although some historians consider it to have been a forgery written by its supposed recipient in Italy. The Cosmographiae describes why the name America was used: ab Americo Inventore ...quasi Americi terram sive Americam (from Amerigo the discoverer ...as if it were the land of Americus, thus America).
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Martin Waldseemüller (1470, 16 mars 1520) dit Hilacomilus ou Hylacomylus, est un cartographe allemand de la Renaissance.
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Martin Waldseemüller (* um 1470 in Freiburg; † 1522 in Saint-Dié) war ein deutscher Kartograf.
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Martin Waldseemüller (ur. ok. 1470 r. - zm. 1521 r. lub 1522 r.) - niemiecki kosmograf, na którego mapie pojawia się Pacyfik zanim Vasco Núñez de Balboa dotarł nad jego wybrzeże.
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Biografia Waldseemüller nacque (secondo la Catholic Encyclopedia) nei pressi di Friburgo in Brisgovia, altre fonti indicano come luogo di nascita la città di Radolfzell ma negli archivi cittadini di questa città non risultano documenti relativi alla sua nascita, presumibilmente era la città di origine della madre. Studiò presso l'università di Friburgo.
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