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Ferdinandes Magalanes Lusitanus, plate 4 from "Americae Retectio"
Stradanus1580s
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A navigator (Magellan) sits on the prow of the ship, facing left in profile. Sea monsters are visible in the waters at left and right. At right a figure is seated on a rock and forces an arrow down his throat.
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- Title: Ferdinandes Magalanes Lusitanus, plate 4 from "Americae Retectio"
- Creator: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
- Creator Lifespan: 1523/1605
- Date Created: 1580s
- Type: Print
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Jacob H. Schiff
- Medium: Engraving on off white laid paper
- Paper Support: Off white laid paper
- Inscribed: Below image
- Dimensions: 21 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.)
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