The Martin Waldseemüller map of 1507 was the first to show
the Americas separating two distinct oceans.
In 1507, a German cartographer, Martin Waldseemüller, chose to make a new map that included the new world.
Only in 1507, a German cartographer, Martin Waldseemüller, decided to draw a new map that included the“new world”.
When the large new map, approximately 8 feet by 4 feet,
was unveiled by Waldseemüller, it had the large title“AMERICA” across what is now
present day Brazil.
Waldseemüller used Vespucci's travelogues as a reference for his drawing and so
his map had South America as the only part of this new western hemisphere.
Five years later, Martin Waldseemüller, a German cartographer, made a map of this
exciting new world, and used Vespucci's writings as the main source material for their topographic information.