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English: Amerigo Vespucci upon his arrival on his first voyage to the New World, 1497. Vespucci is offered native women, notice hammocks in the background. As described in Vespucci's Letter to Soderini. description (uncertain location, prob. Central America, around Honduras or Yucatan; alternatively poss. Gulf of Paria in Venezuela). Engraving from c.1592 by Theodor de Bry (Flemish, 1528-1598).
Date circa 1592
date QS:P,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Les Grands Voyages
Author
Theodor de Bry  (1528–1598)  wikidata:Q708961
 
Theodor de Bry
Alternative names
Dietrich de Bry, Theodoor de Bry, Dirk de Bry
Description Southern Netherlandish engraver, drawer, editor and publisher
Date of birth/death 1528 / 1528 Edit this at Wikidata 27 March 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Liège Frankfurt
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