Hyperspectral Imaging of the Waldseemuller 1507 Map

Universalis Cosmographia Secundum Ptholomaei Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Alioru [m] que Lustrationes,

The 1507 world map of Martin Waldseemüller is an ambitious based on new geography knowledge discovered in the St. Diaz near Strasbourg in France in the early 16th century and from the end of the 15th century to the first year Born from the project. The large world map of the 16th century Waldseemüller is the most exciting artifact of this research, including data collected by Amerigo Vespucci during the voyage to the New World from 1501 to 1502. Waldseemüller named the new land "America" ​​with the understanding of Vespucci that Columbus' s navigation and other explorers discovered a new continent in the late 15th century. This is the only known surviving copy of the first printed version of the map and is believed to contain 1,000 copies.

The map of Waldseemüller supports the revolutionary concept of Vespucci by drawing a new world as an independent continent until the European talent knows it. This is the first map, printed matter or manuscript that clearly drew a single Western hemisphere, the Pacific Ocean is an independent sea. This map recognizes the newly discovered US land, transforms the understanding of the European world into three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Universal Cosmography Secundum Ptholomaei Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Alioru [m] que Lustrationes, [St. Die], 1507

The world's first world map of 1507 was by map creator Martin Waldseemuller, but the most important geographical contribution during this period was the Mercator map. Flanders' Gerardus Mercator was the first mapmaker who tried to show the circular world exactly on the plane, in particular showing his performance for assist navigation. However, it was irritating many geographers that Mercator 's map is still in use today. The reason for frustration is that the land area of ​​Mercator is severely distorted as it approaches the extreme. It is a map of Mercator that was found in the higher grade school classroom and based on the psychological image of the more people's planet. For example, Greenland looks nice on a Mercator map, but actually it is smaller than Algeria. (Please see - if you have a chance, compare Mercator 's map with the Earth.

Who wrote the name of Christian in Vespucci on the map? King of Spain? Our founder? Vespucci himself? No, it is not. Our name was named after the less well known German pastor and amateur geographer Waldseemuller. Waldseemuller is a member of the Small Literature Club and announced the introduction of cosmology in 1507. He wrote a new land explored by Vespucci: