Visconti commemorates the 500th anniversary of Amerigo Vespucci's death the Florentine navigator who first recognized that the fourth continent was not part of Asia (as Columbus thought) but rather part of a New World. In 1497 Amerigo addressed a letter to Lorenzo de' Medici with details of his discoveries.? The letter caused such a stir that when Martin Waldeseemuller drew the first map of America 10 years later he called the continent after the feminized Latin version of Amerigo's name: Americus Vespucius.
Visconti took inspiration from symbolic events primarily Vespucci's travels and Waldeseemuller's famous map of 1507. To reproduce it correctly they further perfected their scrimshaw technique introducing points and chiaroscuro into the graphic work. The result is astonishing.
Bronze Rollerball features:- Material: Ivory resin
- Artwork: Scrimshaw on cap and barrel
- Case: Carved wooden astrolabe
- Limited edition: 500 pens in bronze
Visconti Amerigo Vespucci Bronze Rollerball Pen - V-55752
Visconti commemorates the 500th anniversary of Amerigo Vespucci's death the Florentine navigator who first recognized that the fourth continent was not part of Asia (as Columbus thought) but rather part of a New World. In 1497 Amerigo addressed a letter to Lorenzo de' Medici with details of his discoveries.? The letter caused such a stir that when Martin Waldeseemuller drew the first map of America 10 years later he called the continent after the feminized Latin version of Amerigo's name: Americus Vespucius.
Visconti took inspiration from symbolic events primarily Vespucci's travels and Waldeseemuller's famous map of 1507. To reproduce it correctly they further perfected their scrimshaw technique introducing points and chiaroscuro into the graphic work. The result is astonishing.
Bronze Rollerball features:- Material: Ivory resin
- Artwork: Scrimshaw on cap and barrel
- Case: Carved wooden astrolabe
- Limited edition: 500 pens in bronze
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