This is the 1507 map that the Library of Congress paid over $12 million for in 1999 after trying for over 80 years to obtain it. The map had been lost until 1901 when it was discovered in a monastery in Germany. The pictures of Ptolemy in the upper left and Amerigo Vespucci in the upper right lead some to theorize Vespucci may have collaborated with Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Philesius” Ringmann on this map. This is the first time that the name “America” was ever used and was named for Vespucci’s 1497 voyage which is believed to be the first time that anyone actually set foot on American soil. The belief in a new continent was a radical idea at the time. The map is a composite of the twelve original sheets, and all the images details are available.”