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Itinerariu[m] Portugalle[n]siu[m] e Lusitania in India[m] [et] inde in occidentem [et] demum ad aquilonem

1508 · [Milan] : [Johannes Angelus Scinzenzeler] · 4 pictures

A 1508 Milan printing by Johannes Angelus Scinzenzeler, a compilation of Portuguese voyage accounts from Lisbon to India and onward to the West and North, drawn from the Columbus and Vespucci material and aimed at a learned readership. The pictures are text pages opening with large decorated initials, with plain star-marked rectangles that appear to show the layout of ship or map notes; a designer might draw on the hierarchy of ornamental capitals and the dense black-letter block set against sparse diagrammatic boxes.

Columbus, Christopher · Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512 · Voyages and travels · America -- Discovery and exploration -- Italian · America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish · Imprint 1508

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