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Plate from <i>Americae Rectetio</i> (c.1589), the discovery of America. On the left is the portrait of the Florentine explorer <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci" title="Amerigo Vespucci">Amerigo Vespucci</a> (let hand side, the warrior on tortoise holds the shield of Florence; holder of globe is "Flora").  On the right is the portrait of Genoese explorer <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> (warrior holds the shield of Genoa, and holder of globe is "Janus"). Lower part shows western coastline of  Italy, with the cities of Florence and Genoa depicted.</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