The personified Navigation shows a globe of the world to a man with feathers holding a horn of plenty. In the foreground a putto in the guise of Mercury, holding the portrait of Columbus. Next to it a putto with a Spanish flag. In the lower margin a five-line Dutch text, Allegory on America Title page front: Thomas Salmon, Contemporary History, or Present State of America, 1766., print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), publisher: Isaak Tirion, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1765 and/or 1766, paper, etching, engraving, h 179 mm - w 106 mm
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personified Navigation, globe, world, man, feathers holding, horn, plenty, foreground, putto, guise, Mercury, holding, portrait, Columbus, Next, putto, Spanish flag, lower margin, five-line Dutch text, Allegory, America Title page front, Thomas Salmon, Contemporary History, Present State, America, 1766, print maker, Jan Caspar Philips, mentioned, object, Jan Caspar Philips, mentioned, object, publisher, Isaak Tirion, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, 1765 / 1766, paper, etching, engraving, h 179 mm - w 106 mm
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