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New Waldseemüller Map Discovered

July 3, 2012 GW Administrator 0

Few Americans are aware of the fact that their continent is named after the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Even fewer probably know  that it was the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller (1470-1520)  and  Matthias Ringmann who […]

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Ich bin ein Berliner

June 27, 2012 GW Administrator 2

June 26, 1963, speech by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in West Berlin. “Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was civis Romanus sum [“I am a Roman citizen”]. Today, in the world of freedom, […]

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June 5 is World Environment Day

June 4, 2012 GW Administrator 0

Reaching for the Sun: City of Lancaster wins prestigious Energy Globe Award A few days before”World Environment Day”, the City of Lancaster was presented with the Energy Globe Award for the US by Austrian Trade […]