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America was put on the map 500 years agoIn 1507, a cartographer came up with a name for the New World — and it stuck By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER , Associated Press April 25, 2007 ...
Prior to the discovery of the smaller world map in Munich several days ago, only four versions were known around the world. Christie's auctioned off one of the maps for more than €800,000 in 2005.