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Dividing up a continent
DIVIDING UP A CONTINENT:
THE POLITICS OF MAPPING AMERICA
Peter HulmeDepartment of Literature, Film,
and Theatre Studies
University of Essex
Open House5 May 2010
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Martin Waldseemüller’s world map (1507)
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“Since both Asia and Africa received their names from women, I do not see why
anyone should rightly prevent this new part from being
called Amerigen—the land of Amerigo, as it were—or
America, after its discoverer, Americus, a man of
perceptive character”
Matthias Ringmann, Cosmographiae introductio
(1507)
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Martin Waldseemüller’s world map (1507)
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North America
South America
Equator
A continent of two unequal halves
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United Nations map of the macroregions of the world
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United Nations map of the macroregions of the world
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United Nations map of the subregions of the world
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Martin Waldseemüller’s world map (1507)
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Map of the English Colonies in America prior to 1763
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Map of the English Colonies in America prior to 1763
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From Arthur Bird, Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas [1899]
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