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World's First Planned University City

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First Map to Use the Name America

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Waldseemüller 1507 World Map

Saint-Dié, FranceSatellite view · Google Maps

UNESCO identifies Waldseemüller 1507 World Map for the record described as "First Map to Use the Name America".

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Only Fifteenth-Century Library Still Intact

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