[Vasco da Gama standing in prow of rowboat] / E. Casanova. – Antique Print
![[Vasco da Gama standing in prow of rowboat] / E. Casanova., [ca. 1880] — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/dc/dc9ec9eb07c1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Vasco da Gama standing in prow of rowboat] / E. Casanova. comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Vasco da Gama standing in prow of rowboat] / E. Casanova.
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Vasco da Gama stands in the prow of a small rowboat in this watercolor, his figure set against the water as if he is leading the way. Casanova made it around 1880 as an illustration for an 1880 edition of *Os Lusíadas*, the epic poem by Luís de Camões first published in 1572. The poem celebrates Portugal's voyages of discovery, with Gama's 1497–1499 sea route to India as its central story. The 1880 date matched the tercentenary of Camões's death, a year when Portugal marked the poet and his national epic with new editions and illustrations.
| Created / published | [ca. 1880] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Watercolors 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illustration for: Os Lusiadas by Luis de Camoens, 1880. |
| Subjects | Gama, Vasco da,--1469-1524. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,127 × 1,456 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216194 |
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