Excerpt from The German Astronomer and Cosmographer of the Times of Columbus: Being the Tenth Annual Discourse Before the Maryland Historical Society, on January 25th, 1855 The first engraved map of portions of the new continent, appears in the Roman edition of Ptolemy of 1508, but it does not contain the name America. This name appears in no edition of Ptolemy before 1522, but it does appear in some other works and maps published ten or twelve years before that period, as shall presently be shown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |