Show FAMOUS MAPS FOUND Two of the most famous maps of ot th the Columbian era of discovery have never neve been seen In modern times till within the past few tew weeks Some Som of the German German German Ger Ger- man geographers have hunted assiduously for them In arc archives and 11 li- li It began to be thought that tha the last copies of them had been destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- de- de but a copy of each has now no been accidentally discovered Prof Proto P. P Pj fJ Fischer of Feldkirch Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many who Is preparing a scientific work on the discoveries of the Norse Norsemen Norsemen men In Greenland and the northeast northeast coast of this continent was recently looking for old Gree Greenland land maps In th the fine library of pt Prince a at Wolfegg castle in Wurtemburg when he came across the two lost long-lost wa wall maps They were made by the German German German Ger Ger- man cartographer Martin Waldsee muller early In the sixteenth century The maps were In sheets stowed awa awain away in a folio that perhaps had not been opened In many generations One o of them issued In 1507 Is the oldest ma maon map on which the name America appears The other map was published in 1516 both maps had great influence in the their day In stimulating further research 1 in inthe inthe the new world and the earlier map together the accompanying letterpress letter letter- press Is responsible for the name nam which was given to the two great continents continents con con- that were revealed by Columbus Columbus Columbus Colum Colum- bus and those who followed him The Th story of this Important find has just jus been told In by Prof Proto Dr van von who had long sought for the missing wall maps In 1507 1501 when published published published pub pub- the earlier of these maps h halso he also published a small explanatory treatise In Latin entitled Cosmo with an appendix appendix appen appen- dix containing translations of the letters letters letters let let- of Amerigo Vespucci This little work was chiefly remarkable because the name lame was first proposed In it The author said In his pamphlet And the fourth part of the world having been discovered by i imay it may be called AmerIge that Is th the theland theland land of Americus or or America It was not long before the suggestion was adopted th the name being first applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied to South America and later extended ex cx- tended tended over over the whole western world Only a few copies of the original C ar are known to exist The copies that are In American AmerIcan libraries were bought a at high prices and are treasured with I much care New New York Sun Suri I |