Keywords: Allegory of Vespucci's voyage to America.jpg Plate from Americae Rectetio c 1589 Discovery of America showing allegory of Vesucci's voyage to America Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci is shown on his ship Vespucci coat of arms depicted on gonfalon on forward mast middle mast broken Allegorical symbols include Minerva science at right guiding Vespucci's ship and a warrior carried by a sea-turtle Etching Americae Rectetio British Museum institution British Museum 1867 1012 407 1589 Adriaen Collaert after PD-old-100 Jan van der Straet Amerigo Vespucci Engravings of Minerva Discovery of the Americas in art |