This illustration shows Amerigo Vespucci observing (according to some 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. It is a copy of the original, done by Stradanus (1523-1605). Johannes Stradanus, Jan van der Straet or Giovanni Stradano was a Flemish artist active mainly in 16th-century Florence, Italy. He was a wide-ranging talent who worked as an easel and fresco painter, designer of tapestries, draughtsman, designer of prints and pottery decorator. Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term 'America' is derived. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain and then for Portugal.

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This illustration shows Amerigo Vespucci observing (according to some 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. It is a copy of the original, done by Stradanus (1523-1605). Johannes Stradanus, Jan van der Straet or Giovanni Stradano was a Flemish artist active mainly in 16th-century Florence, Italy. He was a wide-ranging talent who worked as an easel and fresco painter, designer of tapestries, draughtsman, designer of prints and pottery decorator. Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term 'America' is derived. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain and then for Portugal.

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