[MR] "America" Fwd: [Explorator] Digest Number 514

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Apparently the Library of Congress has obtained the last surviving copy of  
the 1507 map on which the name "America" was first used.
 

On  Amerigo's map:

_http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/magazine/02wwln-lede-t.html_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/magazine/02wwln-lede-t.html) 


 
Nancy



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