Abstract
This article examines passages in two works by Johannes Stöffler (1452–1531), namely his commentary on Ptolemy’s Geography and his commentary on pseudo-Proclus’s Sphaera, that reveal his ample knowledge of the discovery of the New World, and yet his reluctance to incorporate that knowledge into discussions and depictions of the world. This reluctance is interesting in light of Stöffler’s willingness to criticize Ptolemy in his other works. Evidence from Stöffler’s writings demonstrate that he was consulting Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 world map, which both adds to the evidence for his knowledge of the cartography of the New World, and adds a new data point regarding the circulation of that map.
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