The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the 'Nova Reperta' (New Inventions of Modern Times), Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Theodor Galle, ca. 1571 - 1633, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on laid paper, Amerigo Vespucci is seen standing holding a banner and sextant, conversing with a nude indigenous woman seated in a hammock. Animals and cannibals in the distance; a ship at the left. Inscribed below: AMERICA (Americen Americus retexit, Semel vocavit in de semper excitam), Antwerp, Netherlands, ca. 1590, figures, Print

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