Apian [Bienewitz or Bennewitz], Peter (1495-1552)

Cartographer, born in Leisnig, Saxony, became professor of mathematics at Ingolstadt, where he founded a press that published maps. He made astronomical instruments, including sundials, quadrants and armillary spheres, and other instruments that would solve spherical trigonometry. His world map is the oldest that uses the name America