Waldseemüller map
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The Waldseemüller map is a groundbreaking early 16th-century world map famous for being the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1507 Waldseemüller world map | 1 |
| Waldseemüller map canonical | 1 |
| Waldseemüller world map of 1507 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15787020 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waldseemüller map Context triple: [1507 world map, alternativeName, Waldseemüller map]
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A.
Juan de la Cosa world map
The Juan de la Cosa world map is an early 16th-century nautical chart, famous as the oldest known map to depict the Americas, created by the Spanish cartographer and explorer Juan de la Cosa.
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B.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
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C.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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D.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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E.
Mappa Mundi
Mappa Mundi is a famous medieval world map, created around 1300, that depicts a Christian-centric view of the known world and is housed in Hereford Cathedral in England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waldseemüller map Target entity description: The Waldseemüller map is a groundbreaking early 16th-century world map famous for being the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
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A.
Juan de la Cosa world map
The Juan de la Cosa world map is an early 16th-century nautical chart, famous as the oldest known map to depict the Americas, created by the Spanish cartographer and explorer Juan de la Cosa.
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B.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
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C.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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D.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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E.
Mappa Mundi
Mappa Mundi is a famous medieval world map, created around 1300, that depicts a Christian-centric view of the known world and is housed in Hereford Cathedral in England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Waldseemüller map
linked to: Waldseemüller map