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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.'

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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.'

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19568259

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Let’s not forget that Europeans likely were not knowing California in the 16th century but knew Japan (from travel in the other direction).