Title

Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio), 1591. Artist: Galle, Philipp (1537-1612)

Caption

Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio), 1591. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images

Reference

HRM19E17_016

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35,3Mb (7,0Mb) / 13,8in x 10,0in / 4134 x 2985 (300dpi)

Keywords

the netherlands astrolabe graphic arts etching Fine Art Images Mythology Allegory and Literature History Early Netherlandish Art Spherical astrolabe Discovery of the Americas Americae Retectio Galle Philipp (1537-1612) Amerigo Vespucci Vespucci etching