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The collection of maps and colonial vistas from Holland, Portugal and Spain provide us with insight into the shape of the world in the mid-17th century as well as information about the circulation of people and ideas.

This volume explores the intense cultural and historical tensions shaping the varied contexts of Amerigo Vespucci's life and fortune. The study combines approaches from literary history, philology, the history of science and ideas, the history of the European expansion and cartography, and economic history.