A story about a stranded navigator, his astrolabe, and a monkey. Inspired by Amerigo Vespucci's pamphlet Mundus Novus, published in Latin in 1503, in which the explorer corresponds with his patron, Lorenzo Pietro de' Medici, about his ...See moreA story about a stranded navigator, his astrolabe, and a monkey. Inspired by Amerigo Vespucci's pamphlet Mundus Novus, published in Latin in 1503, in which the explorer corresponds with his patron, Lorenzo Pietro de' Medici, about his voyage to the New World. Scholars believe this to be a highly exaggerated, possibly even fictionalized version of several genuine letters written by Vespucci, who participated in two voyages between 1499 and 1501. Written by
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