Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio)

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Number:026543

Title:Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio)

Artist: Galle, Philipp (Philips) (1537-1612), Stradanus (Straet, van der), Johannes (1523-1605)

Museum: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Method: Etching

Created: 1591

School: The Netherlands

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
History

Trend in art: Mannerism

Keywords: Astrolabe, Spherical astrolabe, Amerigo Vespucci, Vespucci, Discovery of the Americas, Americae Retectio