Archived exhibition reveals how European writers and mapmakers thought about America during the Age of Discovery. Describes the allegorical images Europeans sometimes used to portray America and features the Gutierrez map, drawn in 1562,...

An image of "Allegory of Dawn", created by Battista Dossi in 1544 (Oil on canvas, 89 x 155 cm).

An image of "Allegory of Love", created by Bernardino Licinio, c. 1520 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "Allegory of the Five Senses", created by Theodor Romboutsz (Oil on canvas, 207 x 288 cm).

An image of "The Knight's Dream", created by Antonio De Peredaz (Oil on wood, 152 x 217 cm).