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This map shows what Martin Behaim believed lay to the west of Europe. Behaim was a German mapmaker who created a globe of the world in 1492. His is the oldest surviving globe. Behaim assumed that sailing westward on the Atlantic Ocean would take the traveler to Cipangu (Japan) and Cathay (China). He had no idea of the Pacific Ocean. On this map you can see the outline of what the traveler would actually find—North and South America. |
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