New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], Amerigo Vespucci Discovering the Southern Cross with an Astrolabium, plate 18

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Jan Collaert I|Philips Galle

ca. 1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Eighteenth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of Amerigo Vespucci discovering the southern cross in the sky with an astrolabium. Below him is a table with his tools and candle providing light so he can see his work. At the left and right edges of the scene men are sleeping with their hands covering their faces. This scene takes place in a landscape with mountains in the background and an ocean on the right. To the left of the illustration is a text panel with a portrait-medallion of Dante.

Artist

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Jan Collaert I|Philips Galle

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949