# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthias-ringmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:50:57.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthias-ringmann"
name: "Matthias Ringmann"
slug: "matthias-ringmann"
description: "Matthias Ringmann (1482–1511), also known as Philesius Vogesigena, was an Alsatian German humanist scholar and cosmographer. Along with cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, he is credited with the first documented usage of the word America, on the 1507 map Universalis Cosmographia in honour of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci."
tagline: "German cartographer"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1482"
deathDate: "1511"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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    title: "Mathias Ringmann"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump