Americus Vespuccius Florentinus

Object summary

Title: Americus Vespuccius Florentinus
Object ID: AF-HX-F051
Date made: circa 1598
Place made: Belgium, Flanders, Antwerp
Engraver: Collaert, Adriaen
Publisher: Galle, Philip
Artist: Van Der Straet, Jan
Object type: Print
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

View of Amerigo Vespucci on board ship with the coast of America in the background. Mermen and mermaids, some holding fragments of human bodies, rest in the water. Title in lower margin. Full title reads,

"Americus vespuccius Florentinus portentosa navigatione ad Occasum atque ad Austrum duas Orbis terrarum partes, nostris oris quas incolimus maiores, et nullis antea nobis notas saeculis, aperuit, quarum alteram de suo nomine AMERICAM mortalium consensus nominavit. An. sal. [infinity symbol]. IIID."