Manuel I of Portugal
King of Portugal from 1495, who sent the voyages to India and to the coast of Brazil that Waldseemüller's map credits to him.
1469–1521
The First Map to Name America
Martin Waldseemüller, world map in twelve woodcut sheets ([Strasbourg?], 1507): the legends on the Americas · 1507
Terrarū inſularumqꝫ variarum generalis deſcriptio. etiā quarum vetuſti non meminerunt auctores nup ab anno domini .1497. vſqꝫ ad .1504. bis geminis nauigationibus in mare diſcurſis inuentarꝫ. duabus per fernandum caſtille reliqs vero duabus ī auſtrali ponto p̄ dominum manuelē portugallie ſereniſſi. reges. americo veſputio vno ex naucleris nauium qꝫ prefectis precipue multoꝝ etiam locorum quoruꝫ nulla erat noticia. que nos huic picture ad veram locorum ſcientiam exprimendā ſtudioſe ꝯiunximus.
A general description of many lands and islands, including some the ancient writers never mentioned. They were found recently, between the years 1497 and 1504, in four voyages across the sea: two sent by Ferdinand of Castile, and two more, in the southern sea, by Lord Manuel of Portugal, both most serene kings. Amerigo Vespucci was one of the pilots and captains of the ships. Many places are shown that no one knew of before. We have carefully added them to this picture, to give a true knowledge of the places.