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WALDSEEMULLER Historical Maps Foil Silver Note 5$ Cook Islands 2018

WALDSEEMULLER Historical Maps Foil Silver Note 5$ Cook Islands 2018
WALDSEEMULLER Historical Maps Foil Silver Note 5$ Cook Islands 2018
WALDSEEMULLER Historical Maps Foil Silver Note 5$ Cook Islands 2018

WALDSEEMULLER Historical Maps Foil Silver Note 5$ Cook Islands 2018

This incredible Silver note is dedicated to the German cartographer Waldseemüller and features his original map, published in 1507. The note has an incredible thin and flexible sheet design, has a format with worn and aged edges, has a Proof quality and comes in a sleeve and incorporates the Certificate of Authenticity. Limited mintage to 1.500 pcs worldwide. The reverse of the note features the map believed to be the first written record of the name America for the New World by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. On top of the coin, the inscription: Waldseemüller the name of the German cartographer and of the coin.

On the bottom, the inscriptions: HISTORICAL MAPS and Universalis Cosmographia, 1507 the name of the map. The obverse of the note depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the inscriptions: ELIZABETH II the name of the Queen, COOK ISLANDS the issue country, 5 DOLLARS the face value, approx. 999 the fineness of the Silver and the weight of the note, 1500 pcs the mintage, 200x150 mm the size of the note, 2018 the year of issue and the Certificate of Authenticity. Martin Waldseemüller Martin Waldseemüller (Latinized as Martinus Ilacomylus, Ilacomilus or Hylacomylus; 11 September 1470 16 March 1520) was a German cartographer.

He and Matthias Ringmann are credited with the first recorded usage of the word America, on the 1507 map Universalis Cosmographia in honour of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Waldseemüller was born in Wolfenweiler near Freiburg im Breisgau (his mother came from Radolfzell) and he studied at the University of Freiburg. Universalis Cosmographia, Waldseemüller's 1507 world map which was the first to show the Americas separate from Asia. On 25 April 1507, as a member of the Gymnasium Vosagense at Saint Diey in the duchy of Lorraine, he produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map using the information from Columbus and Vespucci's travels (Universalis Cosmographia), both bearing the first use of the name America.

The globular and wall maps were accompanied by a book Cosmographiae Introductio, an introduction to cosmography. The book, first printed in the city of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, includes in its second part, a translation to Latin of the Quattuor Americi Vespuccij navigationes (Four Voyages of Americo Vespucci), which is apparently a letter written by Amerigo Vespucci, although some historians consider it to have been a forgery written by its supposed recipient in Italy. The item "WALDSEEMULLER Historical Maps Foil Silver Note 5$ Cook Islands 2018" is in sale since Wednesday, January 10, 2018. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific".

The seller is "powercoin_italy" and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • Year: 2018
  • Composition: Silver
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands


WALDSEEMULLER Historical Maps Foil Silver Note 5$ Cook Islands 2018