Mundus Novus
- 2012
- 3m
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 ... Read allA 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 thi... Read allA 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 lette... Read all