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Wash Post: 16th-Century Mapmaker's Intriguing Knowledge
From: Paul Saffo
Date: 2008 Nov 17, 17:55 -0800
From: Paul Saffo
Date: 2008 Nov 17, 17:55 -0800
A very nice article about Waldseemuller and Hessler's new book "The Naming of America" which attempts to answer the question of what did he know, and how the heck did he know it. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111601753.html?hpid=topnews I've already put it on the top of my list for Santa, and would guess that others on navlist might want to do the same. -p --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
