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Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, half-length, facing front, wearing a cloak and holding a pair of dividers over a map in a book; a ship in the background; within an oval, flanked by sea monsters, with laurel swags above; illustration to Arnoldus van Bergen's "De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld of Beschryving van America" (Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1671)Engraving
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