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Von der neu gefunden Region die wol ein Welt genent mag werden, durch den cristenlichen Künig von Portigal, wunderbarlich erfunden

Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512, Medici, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de', 1463-1503 · 1506 · [Nuremberg : W. Huber] · 2 pictures

A 1506 German-language pamphlet printed in Nuremberg by W. Huber, presenting Amerigo Vespucci's account of newly discovered lands for a German-reading audience. The two pictures are a crude woodcut diagram with a handwritten Gothic caption over a right triangle, and a heraldic coat of arms with a crested helm, scrolled mantling and a motto banner reading Gauded. A designer might take from them the hand-lettered blackletter captions and the early printed diagram style.

Imprint 1506

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