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Plate from <i>Americae Rectetio</i> (c.1589), "Discovery of America" showing allegory of Vesucci's voyage to America. Florentine explorer <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci" title="Amerigo Vespucci">Amerigo Vespucci</a> is shown on his ship (Vespucci coat of arms depicted on gonfalon on forward mast, middle mast broken). Allegorical symbols include Minerva (science) at right, guiding Vespucci's ship, and a warrior carried by a sea-turtle.</div>
<bdi>After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Stradanus" class="extiw" title="w:en:Stradanus"><span title="Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer (1523–1605)">Stradanus</span></a>
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<i>Americae Rectetio</i>, British Museum