Map Projection Cartography

Timeline

1. c. 1501–1505Venice and Rome printing centers · ItalyIn the early 16th century, Italian and German printing houses continuously reissued Ptolemy's Geography, whose conic projection and latitude-longitude grid methods became standard tools for cartographers, who used them to draw updated maps of the Mediterranean, the west coast of Africa, and the coasts of the New World.
2. 1507–1510Saint-Dié · LorraineIn 1507, Martin Waldseemüller published in Saint-Dié, France, a world map using an improved projection, first labeling the southern part of the New World 'America,' accompanied by a globe and hemisphere projection diagrams; this work quickly spread through printing across Europe, establishing the visual paradigm of modern world maps.