Von der new gefunnde[n] Region die wol ein Welt genennt mag werden, durch den cristenlichen Künig von Portugall, wunnderbarlich erfunden

Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512, Medici, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de', 1463-1503 · 1506 · Gedruckt yn Nüremberg : durch Wolffganng Hueber. · 2 pictures

This 1506 German pamphlet, printed in Nuremberg by Wolfgang Hueber, reports Amerigo Vespucci's account of newly found lands for a German-speaking readership interested in the voyages of the Portuguese crown. The pictures are crude black woodcuts: three heraldic shields with eagles and a crown, and a handwritten-style diagram of a right triangle labelled in blackletter. A designer might take bold, simple heraldic silhouettes and the rough, hand-carved line quality of early German print.

America -- Discovery and exploration

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