The Age of Discovery

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The Age of Discovery
Pre Columbian
Columbian
Post Columbian
German Contributions
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The Saga of Tyrkerand Vinland
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• The pre Columbian era characterized by

exploration
discovery
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Didrik Pining of Bremen
1st
German
German
German
German
German
German
involved in explorations
around 1473
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• Cartography or Map Making

Exploration and Navigation
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Regiomontanus
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Martin Behaim

• Nürnberg Globe

oldest globe

• Astrolabe

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German Scholars Traveled with Columbus and Crew
Hebrew
Chaldaic
Aramaic
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The German Shipbuilders
Germans built and often outfitted ships for
explorations
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Gutenberg
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Columbus, the businessmanColumbus, the salesman
honey
great treasures
silver
gold
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The German Press
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Der Kolumbusbrief
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Das Narrenschiff
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Vil narren doren kumen dryn Der bildniß jch hab
har gemacht Wer yeman der die gschrifft
veracht Oder villicht die nit künd lesen Der
siecht jm molen wol syn wesen Vnd fyndet dar
jnn wer er ist
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Mundus Novus
1504 The concept and expression of a New World
was printed in Augsburg, Germany
1505 The concept and expression of a New World
was printed in Germany in German
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Peter Bienewitz
America
1520 made the first world map on which the name
America appeared
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Johannes Schöner
1520 1st globe with the name America on it
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The Jamestown Germans
carpenters
01 October 1608
glassblowers
They built the 1st European-style houses in the
New World
and established schools and churches
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Germans and German Americans
from the very beginning, have contributed to the
discovery and fundamental multicultural basis of
America