Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio
Caspar Plautius (1621)

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Easter Sunday Mass on the mythic whale of St. Brendan
The Spanish fleet leaves for the Americas

 
 
St. Brendan kneeling before the emperor
Bloody cult to the native idols

 
 

 
 
The Caribbean natives feast the Spaniards

 
 
St. Brendan in heaven above the Americas
Fruits and plants unknown in Europe like the pineapple and the potato

 
 
Spaniards and natives parade in the XV century

 
 
Caribbean natives riding a Manatee sea monster

 
 
   

Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio (Bryn Mawr College)