NIST to Preserve 1507 Map: America's 'Birth Certificate'

What does the Library of Congress (LOC) do when it wants to preserve a 500-year-old map, the only known copy of the first world map to call America “America?”

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news86018408.html">NIST to Preserve 1507 Map: America's 'Birth Certificate'</a></p> <p>What does the Library of Congress (LOC) do when it wants to preserve a 500-year-old map, the only known copy of the first world map to call America “America?”</p>