This elegant natural marbel trivet portrays the lovely image of
the historical Waldseemuller Map. Taken from Exploring the Early
Americas exhibit, this trivet depicts an image from one of the
most historical documents created of early America. Dubbed
"America's Birth Certificate," the Martin Waldseemuller's 1507
World Map is based on Amerigo Vespucci's voyages to 1501-1502 to
the New World, and is the first map to depict the newly found
Amerian landmass, which monumentally forever changed the
European understanding of the World. The Waldseemuller Map was
created with orignial woodcut spanning across 12 sheets of
paper, to create what you see in this extraordinary document.
This actual artifact and more can be viewed on display at the
Library of Congress, in the Exploring the Early Americas
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