The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590
name: label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Print Maker
content: Theodor Galle, ca. 1571 - 1633
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Dedicatee
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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)
place: label: made in
content: Antwerp, Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-8
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.9 x 27.1 cm (7 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)