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Episode 1: The Waldseemuller Map 1507

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The story of a drawing which has become known as the birth certificate of America.

The story of a drawing which has become known as the birth certificate of America - the Waldseemüller map - and why was the new continent called America?

Series about map makers. The first episode covers the story of a map which has become known as the birth certificate of America. On its surface can be traced the first explorations of the New World by sixteenth-century adventurers such as Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. But why were the new lands called America? And who were the men who gave the new continent its name on the Waldseemüller map? The intriguing history behind it is revealed.

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