Read more Amerigo Vespucci stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18209/amerigo-vespucci.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 04:02:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13284/at-500-1st-america-map-baffles.htmlJohn Lister<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=52046&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401024959' border='0' />The Library of Congress this week unveils the first map to use the name "America"—and the 500-year-old mysteries that go with it. The 1507 map by a German monk includes a surprisingly precise rendering of South America, Reuters reports, and seemingly predicts the contours of the continent's Pacific coast...This is a detail of the 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemuller, the first map known to use the name "America," which is being encased in a state-of -the-art display case, on display at the Library of Congress in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.The map spent nearly 400 years in obscurity in the library of a castle in southern Germany and was rediscovered in 1901. The Library of Congress purchased the map for $10 million in 2003. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)http://www.newser.com/story/13284/at-500-1st-america-map-baffles.htmlTue, 04 Dec 2007 17:25:00 CST