TIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'

Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz · 6 months ago

TIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'

tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz · 6 months ago

It is kind of impressive they had this much mapped out when it hadn’t even been 50 years since Columbus’s first voyage.

Hadriscus@lemm.ee · 6 months ago

“Terra Florida”. Flowery Land. Of course.

darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 6 months ago

I was trying to figure out what that island labeled Zipangri was supposed to be. At first, I thought it might be Baja California mismapped as an island instead of a peninsula.

A quick online search shows that is supposed to be Japan. Right off the coast of North America.

bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · edit-2 5 months ago

FYI: ſ is not a strangely written f, but an s. Tabulanouarum insularum.