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Antiguedades Peruanas (Atlas).

Atlas illustrated with 60 chromolithographic and tinted lithograph plates including illustrated title page.This atlas volume was produced to accompany a landmark collabor...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: DE RIVERO, Mariano Eduardo and VON TSCHUDI, Jakob.
Place & Date: Vienna (Austria), 1851

 


L'America Meridionale . . .

The second edition of Rossi's map of South America, based upon Sanson's map, but with revised Italian nomenclature. From his 'Mercurio Geografico...'. The engraver was G...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G.G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1687

 


De Sota meets the Inca king near Cajamarca.]

When the Spanish arrived in Cajamarca, they found only a few inhabitants. The Inca army was camped in the surrounding hills and the residence of the Inca king, Atahualpa,...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


L'Amérique Méridionale, Divisée en ses Principaux Etats.

Map of South America, from Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde .. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et nécessaire aux négocians, aux voyageurs, aux ...

$60 / ≈ €56
Maker / Publisher: DELAPORTE, L'Abbé.
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806

 


Uomo del Perù. / Homme du Perou.

Full portrait of a Peruvian warrior. From “Raccolta di … stampe.” a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings by Venetian engrav...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Amérique Méridionale.

A very decorative 19th century map of the continent colored to show political divisions. The map is surrounded by steel engraved scenes including horses, Indians, mining ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: LEVASSEUR, V.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1850

 


[Ralegh arrives at Orocotona.]

On reaching the rapids of the Caroní, further up the Orinoco, Ralegh’s expedition was unable to proceed further by river, so they continued overland, eventually arrivi...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[How the Indians cross the river.]

The Indians of Peru had strange ways of crossing rivers. They tied a rope between two poles on either side of a river, then they hung a large basket from this rope and wh...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[How the women tease their captives.]

The Indian women led their captive, Staden, into the middle of the hamlet. Then they decorated his head with feathers and his legs with rattles. After forming a circle ro...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


Praelium Divrnum. [Spanish fleet defeated by the Dutch] / Nocturnum Praelium [Dutch and Spanish at sea off Lima].

Two engravings. [498] On the evening of 17th July, 1615, Spilbergen’s Dutch fleet encountered, off the coast of Peru near Lima, the powerful fleet of the Spanish, under...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].

Two engravings. [514] On 29th May, 1615, Spilbergen’s fleet anchored further north, off an island called Santa María that was separated by a narrow stretch of water (A...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[Spanish take over Cusco] / [Atahualpa is garrotted].

Two engravings. [486] After Atahualpa was killed, Pizarro set out with his troops to find the city of Cuzco, which he had heard was rich in gold. The journey from Cajamar...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[The bloody battle at Chupas] / [Francesco Pizzaro is killed].

Two engravings. [492] Even before Pizarro’s death, a new royal governor, Vaca de Castro, was on his way to settle the turmoil in Peru. He refused to accept Almagro the ...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[How the Inca nobility are buried] / [Bridge of Huaynacapaco]

Two engravings. [470] The funeral of an Inca king was a ceremony of great splendor. After digging a large pit, the Indians would decorate the corpse with gold and silver ...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..

Two engravings. [421b] When the natives of those parts, they were bathed in a cold stream, then chased round a blazing fire until they had dried out. Then they were put t...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[A prisoner of the Indians of Tupinamba, covered in feathers . . .]

A graphic scene of fighting and extreme violence. One man is seen covered in feathers, before being sacrificed and killed before the Brazilian tribe of Tupinamba. In 1631...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[Another Dutch fleet reaches Lima].

In 1624 a heavily armed Dutch fleet sailed from the Juan Fernandez Islands to Lima. The leader of the fleet, Jacob l’Hermite, was in such poor health that he had to han...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


America Meridionalis.

The title cartouche lower left surrounded by native Indians and an Elephant.A rather accurate depiction and descriptions of South America. Brazil is slightly enlarged and...

$700 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T.C.
Place & Date: Augsburg, c. 1760

 


Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c.

Large handsome map of the southern part of the continent with good interior detail for the period. The route of 18th century explorations are shown along with notations c...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1745

 


Nuovo Mondo parte Meridionale.

Uncommon map of South America prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geografich...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: MARMOCCHI, F.C.
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858

 


Carte du Bresil Prem. Partie..

Uncommon edition of this accurate map of eastern part of Brazil. In lower right engraved 29a.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l''''intelligence de l''''Histoire Philosop...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: HARREVELT, E.van / CHANGUION, D.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773

 


Serinhaim.

Fine view of a fort in Serinhaim, Brazil, with numbered key at the base. A procession of Portuguese or Dutch soldiers advance along the road carrying a litter. To the lef...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: OGILBY, J.
Place & Date: London, 1671

 


Brasilia.

Fine copy of this map by Krystof Arciszewski, a Polish general who worked for the Dutch West Indian Company. The map perpetuates various myths including the Parime Lago ,...

$700 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647

 


Uomo del Paraguai nell' America Meridionalle. / Homme du Paraguai dans l'Amerique Meridionalle.

Full portrait of a Paraguayan hunter. From "Raccolta di ? stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings by Venetian e...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Indiana del Perù. / Indienne du Perou.

Portrait of a Peruvian Indian woman holding a fruit basket and a lama in background. From "Raccolta di ? stampe." a series of historically significant eighteent...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Dona del Regno di Granata. / Femme du Roy.me de Granade.

Full portrait of a woman from Grenada region is situated on Lake Nicaragua. From "Raccolta di ? stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Uomo del Canale di Noël della terra del Fuoco, nel Mar Australe. / Homme du Canal de Noël de la terre de Feu dans la Mer Australe.

Full portrait of a man from the Tierra del Fuego. From "Raccolta di ? stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings b...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Donna dell' Isola di Pasqua, o terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de Pâques ou terre de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.

Full portrait of a woman, a native of the Easter Island. From "Raccolta di ? stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engra...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Uomo dell' Isola di Pasqua o Terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Homme de l' Isle de Pâquesou Terra de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.

Full portrait of a native from the Easter Island. From "Raccolta di ? stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings b...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Carta geografica della america meridionale.

Uncommon map of South America based upon Guillaume De L'Isle's map. Includes the routes of early explorers in the Pacific, including Magellan, Drake, Le Maire, Mendana, V...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: ALBRIZZI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1740

 


Géographie des Plantes Equinoxiales - Tableau physique des Andes et pays voisins. . .

Physical Portrait of the Andes and adjacent lands", organized around the Chimborazo and Cotopaxi volcanoes in Ecuador.With local vegetation is illustrated pictoriall...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: VON HUMBOLD, A.
Place & Date: Paris, 1805

 


Vue de la Rade et de la Ville de Paramaribo.

A very decorative panoramic view of the town with a large Dutch vessel in the foreground. Engraved by Noach van der Meer Junior. Included in a Dutch edition of "Hist...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: PREVOST D'EXILES, A.F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1774

 


Carte du Cours du Maragnon ou .. Amazones..

Uncommon edition of this map of the river Amazon. In lower right engraved "30."From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et P...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: HARREVELT, E. van/ CHANGUION, D.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773

 


Plano de la Hacienda de Juana de Oro.

Wall-map sized map in 2 sheets, if joined 940 x 1300mm., showing the Hacienda (farm) of Juana de Oro in Ecuador. The cocoa farm was owned by Mrs. Leonor Carbo of Higgins ...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: DILLON, A.
Place & Date: Guayaquil ( Equateur), 1868

 


Magellani Que.

Uncommon miniature map of Argentina and Strait of Magellan from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre D...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL,P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1676

 


[How the Indians mined the silver at Pitosi.]

The mountain shown here is probably the Cerro Rico, which stand above the city of Potosí and has the distinction of being the richest mountain in all the Americas. The I...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[The strange sheep-like creatures that carried the silver .]

When the Spanish discovered the silver mines of Potosí, they organised the transporting of the rich ore, westward by llama trains across the Altiplano and down to Arica ...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


Suite de Perou Audience de Lima.

Uncommon edition of this accurate map showing the southern Peruvian coast, the ranges and villages of numerous Indian tribes are shown.FromAtlas Portatif pour servir a l'...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: HARREVELT, E. van / CHANGUION, D.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1756

 


P.les du Chile.

A charming copper engraving depicting a town surrounded by a luxuriant landscape on the background and a couple of indigenous on the foreground.From the French text editi...

$60 / ≈ €56
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


Porto il Desire.

Simplified bird's-eye view of Port Desire or Puerto Deseado in present-day Argentina.From volume two of the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages. The Fren...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DE RENNEVILLE, R.A.C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725

 


Paraquaria vulgo Paraguay cum adjacentibus.

Rare map only included in Joan Blaeu's Atlas major. Detailed map of Uruguay, Paraguay, Northern part of Argentina and northern part of Chili. Engraved by Gerard Coeck. Tw...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


Isle du Prince.

Simplified bird's-eye view of "Isle du Prince" in present-day Argentina.From volume two of the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages. The French ...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: DE RENNEVILLE, R.A.C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725

 


Carta esférica del Rio de la Plata : desde su embocadura hasta Buenos Aires.

Large nautical chart illustrating the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River. It forms part of the border between Argentina and Urug...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: DIRECTION HIDROGRAFICA
Place & Date: Madrid, 1812-1838

 


Carte de La Riviere de la Plata . . .

Map of La Plata Riviera. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750

 


I. S. Sebastien.

Simplified bird's-eye view of Ilha de São Sebastiao, part of an archipelago off the southern coast of Brazil 210 miles from Rio de Janeiro. It was discovered on January ...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: DE RENNEVILLE, R.A.C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, E. Roger, 1703

 


Caarte vande nieuwe Passagie bezuijden de Strate Magellan. . . / Description de nouveau passage vers le zud du destroit de Maggellan. . .

Map showing the new route around the bottom of South America discovered by Schouten and Le Maire: through the Le Maire Strait, around the Barnevelt Islands, and past Cape...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, T.
Place & Date: Frankfurt am Main, 1619

 


Sudseite des Landts Terza del Fuoco, abgezeichnet durch Iohan von Walbeck.

Map showing Cap Horn and the Terra del Fuego.From a German text edition of Theodor de Bry's travel book. The original copper plate is now shortened at the left side and h...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt am Main, 1630

 


I. S. Clara.

Island "S. Clara" in Brazil just a few degrees north of the Tropic of Capricorn.From volume two of the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages. The...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE RENNEVILLE, R.A.C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725

 


Carte générale de la République Argentine dressée d'après les données les plus récentes.

An UpToDate map of the Argentinian Republic published in Basel by "le Bureau Officiel d'Information de la République Argentine". Detailed map of Argentina show...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BUREAU OFFICIEL D'INFORMATION DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'A
Place & Date: Basel, 1887

 


Peru.

Decorated with ships and monsters on the sea. Orientated with east at the top. Shows the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador (at the left-hand side) as far south ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658

 


Amerique Meridionale. . . 1650.

First edition. A fine large map of South America, engraved by A.Peyrounin. The relatively unknown Amazon region is left without speculation. However, Sanson includes the ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / MARIETTE, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1650-1659

 


Brasilia.

Striking old color example of Blaeu's second map of Brazil prepared by Krystof Arciszewski, a Polish general who worked for the Dutch West Indian Company. The map perpetu...

$850 / ≈ €795
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647

 


Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.

Willem Blaeu’s decorative map of the Guianas, Lake Parima (Parime Lacus), and the route to El Dorado was initially issued in 1630 (with some variants were published wel...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638

 


[Atahualpa captured by Spanish.]

Accompanying Pizarro was a monk called Valverde, who confronted Atahualpa with a crucifix and breviary. The interpreter said the Spanish had been sent by their emperor to...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


Paraguay o Prov. De Rio De La Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman et Sta. Cruz De la Sierra.

An attractive map centered on Paraguay. Title cartouche on the upper right-hand corner, on the ocean a ship and a sea monster are depicted.

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P. and VALK, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1708

 


Gonsaluus Pizarrus wird uberwunden gefangen und enthauptet.

Pizarro returned to Spain in 1528 and appealed to the king to grant him permission to conquer Peru. With him, he brought gold and silver, as evidence of their potential w...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Ferdinandus de Soto Hauptmann uber das Kriegssvolck wardt sampt etlichen anderen von Pizarro, zu dem König Atabaliba abgesandt.

Hernando de Soto on horseback greets a native American carrying a scepter in the shape of a sun.They are surrounded by native American and Spanish soldiers. Includes war ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Der König Atabaliba kompt mit grossem Pracht zu Caxamalca an.

The Inca king, Atahualpa or Atabaliba, holding a scepter in the shape of a sun is carried on a litter by native American soldiers. In the background is a fortified city. ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Atabaliba kompt mit Francisco Pizarro ubereyn der Rantzion halben die er für sein erledigung bezahlen solte. . .

Atahualpa or Atabaliba talks to Francisco Pizarro in a room with Spanish soldiers. Includes spears, guns or muskets, and dwellings. Accompanying Pizarro was a monk called...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Als dem König Atabaliba zugesagt war dass er widerumb ledig werden solt schickte er die. . .

Spanish soldiers on horseback supervise native Americans who bring gold and silver vessels and statues to a fortified city. Includes vessels, animals such as a lobster, a...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Franciscus Pizarrus lässt den König Atabaliba wider verheissene trew und glauben auff . . .

Atahualpa who is chained to his chair is garroted or executed in a room with Spanish soldiers and blacks [slaves]. Includes spears, gun or musket, headdress, pole and rop...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


(Island of Pearls) Perlarum insula ob unionum copiam sic dicta.

A depiction of Cubagua as the Perlarum Insula (Island of Pearls), with in the foreground, two large ships send dinghies toward busy Native Americans collecting pearl oyst...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594

 


Die Spanier und Indianer halten eine Schlacht für der Stadt Cuzco.

Spanish soldiers, some on horseback, fight before a fortified town against native Americans. Includes guns or muskets, drums, swords, spears, fortifications, and scene of...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Didacus Almagrus wird von dem Ferdinando Pizarro in gefängnuss geworffen darinnen strangul. . .

Almagro returned to Cuzco, disillusioned and embittered from his long and fruitless journey south into Chile, where he had been searching for further wealth. This led to ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Margraff Pizarrus wird von Didoco Almagro dem jüngern mit hülff seiner Bundgenossen in . . .

Almagro’s son planned to take revenge on Pizarro for his father’s death. In 1541, with the help of Juan de Herrada and other Almagro supporters, they besieged Pizzaro...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Die Schlacht zwischen Vaca de Castro, und Almagro dem jüngern.

Even before Pizarro’s death, a new royal governor, Vaca de Castro, was on his way to settle the turmoil in Peru. He refused to accept Almagro the younger, when he heard...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


[Royal Governor of Peru is killed.]

Life under the new governor, Vaca de Castro, was no more stable than before and the king of Spain was eventually forced to send out yet another governor to replace him. H...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


Brésil.

Detailed map of Brazil, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne &c M...

$45 / ≈ €42
Maker / Publisher: MONIN, C.V.
Place & Date: Paris, 1845

 


Pérou et Bolivia.

Detailed map of Peru and Bolivia, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienn...

$45 / ≈ €42
Maker / Publisher: MONIN, C.V.
Place & Date: Paris, 1845

 


Cidade do Rio de Janeiro - Remodelação, Extensão e Embelezamento.

Important architectural book prepared by Antonio Prado Junior (1880-1955) under the general direction of Alfredo Agache ( 1875-1959) published by Foyer Brésilien editor,...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: A. PRADO JUNIOR. / A.AGACHE
Place & Date: Foyer Brésilien editor, Paris, 1930

 


Venezuela, atque Occidentalis Pars Novæ Andalusiae.

The coastline of Venezuela with little interior development. Including Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, etc. This scarce map was prepared by Hessel Gerritsz (1581-1632), a forme...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: LAET, DE J. / GERITSZ, H.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1625

 


(Native population of Tierra del Fuego attacking some Dutchmen)

Native population of Tierra del Fuego attacking some Dutchmen. In the background anchored ships. Illustrating the account of the expedition of Jacobus L'Hermite.With nati...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[South America].

Alexey Afinogenovich Ilyin was a lieutenant general and cartographer (1832-1889). In 1856, after graduating from the Academy of the General Staff, he was at the military ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: ILYIN, A.
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1899

 


Inventio Maris Magallanici.

Allegorical scene allegorical image celebrating the circumnavigation of the earth by Ferdinand Magellan. The image shows Magellan on board of his ship, surrounded by myth...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594

 


Die Stadt Cuzco so die reichste war in gantzen Königreich Peru wirdt von den Spaniern eingenommen.

Spanish soldiers fight in a fortified town against native Americans. Includes guns or muskets, swords, spears, fortifications, and scene of warfare.After Atahualpa was ki...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


[Navel battle between Portuguese and French Battle off Buttugar (Brazil).]

Navel battle between Portuguese and French in the seas off the Poti guaran Territories in Brazil.Read more about "Les Grand Voyages" by Theodore De Bry [+]

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594

 


[Columbus taken prisoner, and sent back to Spain.]

This engraving depicts the arrest of Columbus and his brothers. Bobadilla (sent by Spain, at Columbus’ request, to settle a revolt) reached Santo Domingo August 23, 150...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[Last of the Pizzaro brothers killed.]

Conflict between Gonzalo Pizarro and the latest officially appointed governor of Peru, Pedro de la Gasca, reached a climax in 1548 when Gasca’s forces crossed the Apuri...

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Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


Dess Ferdinandi und Petri de Contreras, gefangene Kriegssknecht werden zu Ranama [sic] durch den Statt Schultheissen mit einem Dolchen durchstochen.

Men are stabbed inside prisons while chests are loaded onto a boat. Includes men hanging from a tree seen through a barred window, chains, shackles, pillory, and knife. T...

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Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607

 


Die Spanier hawen die Bäume darauff die Indianer ihre wohnung haben mit Axten umb und stürtzen sie herunder.

Native Americans in trees drop stones on Spanish soldiers who attack from the ground. One man chops at a tree trunk while two others hold boards over his head to protect ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607