Drawing, Page of a sketchbook; Amerigo Vespucci, ca. 1590 (CH 18117889)
Summary
Horizontal rectangle. Verso: A figure stands aboard a ship, at left. Near the shore, in right foreground, a group of mermaids. Mountains in distance. Recto: Horizontal rectangle. A group of natives kneel and stand, left, before a man in full armor, who walks toward them.
Date
1590
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain