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What was the name of waldseemullers map to first show the oceans?

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Answer: Its either Cosmographiae Introduction or Waldseemüller Maps

Explanation:Exploring the Early Americas. Waldseemüller Maps. The 1507 World map is the first known map to show the Continent of South America separated from Asia in a way that reveals the existence of the Pacific Ocean. This fact is problematic in that neither Magellan nor Balboa had reached the Pacific Ocean by this time.

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