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DE BRY, THEODOR.
Americae Retectio.
Allegorical engraving including a
map of the NewWorld to commemorate the voyage of Columbus, 145x195 mm image
size, on full text leaf; matted. Frankfurt, 1594
[500/750]
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DE BRY,THEODOR.
Descriptio Hydrographica accommodata ad Battavorum
navigatione in Javam insulam Indiae Orientalis.
Engraved folding 2-sheet map joined,
350x650 mm, wide margins; hand-colored; few closed tears, several repaired wormholes at
fold, several other small repaired holes; slightly but evenly toned overall; matted.
Frankfurt, circa 1610
[2,500/3,500]
Despite its defects this is a very presentable copy of a very rare map. It shows the routes from
Europe used by Dutch galleons en route to Batavia in the East Indies. It is extracted from
the German language edition of de Bry’s Petit Voyages.
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DE BRY,THEODORE.
Occidentalis Americae partis.
Engraved folding map,
335x440 mm, wide margins. Lovely copy. Frankfurt, 1594
[6,000/9,000]
Created to accompany Girolamo Benzoni’s account of his travels in the Caribbean between 1541
and 1556.The account appeared in the fourth volume of De Bry’s GrandsVoyages. Burden 83.
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