Johannes Stradanus, Nova Reperta (early 1580s)

                                          Title Page                                                   America 

                               The Lodestone, The Magnet                             Gunpowder

                                          Printing Books                                       Iron Clocks 

                           Guaiacum and Venereal Infection                            Distillation
                                     Silk, or the Silkworm                           Stirrups, or Foot Rests
                                          Watermill                                                    Winged Mill

                                           Olive Oil                                                   Sugar

                                            Oil Colors                                                Spectacles

                      Longitudes of the Earth Found from                         Polishing Armor
               the Deviation of the Magnet from the
                                       Pole

                                            Astrolabe                                        Engraving on Copper