Shipwrecked men of Diego de Nicuesas expedition
Shipwrecked men of Diego de Nicuesas expedition to Panama built the first ocean going European ship in the Americas. The salvaged materials from the wreck (far right) with boat building tools brought from Europe. In the background, crewmen build houses and plant crops. This 1594 engraving published by Theodor de Bry is based on an image in published in Girolamo Benzonis, Historia del Mondo Nuovo, Venice, 1565
Picture No
13125794
Media ID
45376113
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3000px x 2507px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
