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العربية: خريطة ڤالدسيمولير العائدة لِسنة 1507م. هذه الخريطة هي الأولى التي أوردت اسم «أمريكا» وأوَّل خريطة فصلت الأمريكتين عن آسيا. هذه النسخة هي الوحيدة الباقية، وقد اشترتها مكتبة الكونغرس سنة 2001م مُقابل 10 ملايين دولار أمريكي.
English: Waldseemüller map from 1507 is the first map to include the name "America" and the first to depict the Americas as separate from Asia. There is only one surviving copy of the map, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 2001 for $10 million.
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