Matthias Ringmann
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Matthias Ringmann, 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
Matthias Ringmann (19th-century painting)
Alsatian dialect
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Alsatian is the group of Alemannic German and Franconian dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German control five times si
Matthias Ringmann
…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…
A bilingual (French and Alsatian) sign in Mulhouse