' s ▁Ge ograph ica . ▁German us ▁invent ed ▁the ▁Don is ▁map ▁projection ▁where ▁par alle ls ▁of ▁latitude ▁are ▁made ▁equ id istant , ▁but ▁mer id ians ▁conver ge ▁toward ▁the ▁pol es . ▁▁ 1 4 9 2 : ▁German ▁merchant ▁Martin ▁Be ha im ▁( 1 4 5 9 – 1 5 0 7 ) ▁made ▁the ▁oldest ▁surv iving ▁terrest rial ▁glo be , ▁but ▁it ▁lack ed ▁the ▁Amer icas . ▁▁ 1 5 0 7 : ▁German ▁cart ograph er ▁Martin ▁Wald se em üller ' s ▁World ▁map ▁( W ald se em üller ▁map ) ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁term ▁America ▁for ▁the ▁Western ▁contin ents ▁( after ▁expl orer ▁Amer igo ▁V esp ucci ). ▁▁ 1 6 0 3 : ▁German ▁Johann ▁Bayer ' s ▁star ▁at las ▁( U ran omet ria ) ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁A ugs burg ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 3 ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁at las ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁entire ▁cel est ial ▁sphere . ▁ ▁Nether land ish ▁cart ography ▁( ear ly ▁modern ▁Dutch ▁and ▁F lem ish ▁cart ography ) ▁ ▁Until ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁Ant werp ▁( 1 5 8 5 ), ▁the ▁Dutch ▁and ▁F lem ish ▁were ▁generally ▁seen ▁as ▁one ▁people , ▁F ris ians , ▁specifically . ▁The ▁center ▁for ▁cart ographic ▁activities ▁in ▁six teenth - century ▁Low ▁Count ries ▁was ▁Ant werp , ▁a ▁city ▁of ▁printer s , ▁books ellers ,