利玛窦世界地图在美国展出

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BBC Chinese, Jan. 12, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/01/100112_ancient_map.shtml

Note:
(1) Press Release: Rare 1602 World Map, the First Map in Chinese to Show the
Americas, on Display at Library of Congress, Jan. 12 to April 10.
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2010/10-002.html
("The Matteo Ricci World Map [is] the first in Chinese to show the Americas")
(2) Waldseemüller Map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map
("a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemü
ller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to
use the name 'America'. * * * A single copy of the map survives, presently
housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C." The Library obtained
the map in 2001 after paying $10 million.)


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