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Lot 168
  • 168

Americas--De Bry, J.

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Description

  • Tabula nautica qua repraesentatur Orae Maritimae Meatus ac Freta, noviter a H Hudsono Anglo ad Caurum supra Novam Franciam Indagata Anno 1612; Ibid. Das Eylandt Cuba mit Derselben Gelegenheit; Ibid. Fretum Magellanicum und Dessen Eigentliche Beschreibung. [Frankfurt-am-Main, 1601-1613]
together 3 engraved maps, various sizes

Catalogue Note

Pulbished in de Bry's important conpendium of travel accounts, the first and third maps are early representations of the discoveries made in search for a passage round the Americas to the East Indies.