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           UniversalisCosmographia.jpg Carte du monde Universalis  Cosmographia, 1507; by German Cartographer  Martin Waldseemüller) 
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           | Date | 
           1507 | 
          
          
           | Source | 
           Library of Congress (website  http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/waldexh.html) | 
          
          
           | Author | 
           
            
             
              
                Martin Waldseemüller       | 
               
              
               | Alternative names | 
               Martin Hylacomylus | 
               
              
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                 German cartographer 
                 
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               | Date of birth/death | 
               circa 1470 | 
               16 March 1520 | 
               
              
               | Location of birth/death | 
               Wolfenweiler bei Freiburg im Breisgau | 
                Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 
               
              
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