Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time.

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NEW YORK — Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time ...

NEW YORK — Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time. But ...

An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever-changing CAMBRIDGE — It doesn’t matter whether a map is on your ...

NEW YORK — Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time.