Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio), 1591. Artist: Galle, Philipp (1537-1612)

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Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio), 1591. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

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