Rare Map Related to America‘s 'Birth Certificate' Discovered in Munich University Library

[Science Daily]  The American continent was "christened" by the cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. A previously unknown variant of the famous world map from the mapmaker's workshop has unexpectedly turned up in the collections in the University Library in Munich.  On this map, the New World appears for the first time under the name "America," chosen to honor the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1451 -- 1512), whom Waldseemüller erroneously regarded as the discoverer of the continent.