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Who made the first map that clearly showed North and South America separated from Asia?
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The first map to clearly depict North and South America as separated from Asia was produced by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in 1507.1
This immense woodcut world map, which measured approximately 4.5 by 8 feet and was printed in 12 sheets, is also notable for being the first map to use the name "America" to designate the New World. Waldseemüller chose this name to honor the Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci, whose accounts of his voyages had greatly impressed him.21