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![[Collective suicide under Spanish rule.]](/uploads/cache/40480-250x250.jpg)
[Collective suicide under Spanish rule.]
The natives of Hispaniola, who saw no end to the fearful oppression of Spanish rule, preferred death. So many, devoid of all hope, went into the woods to kill their child...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The strange sheep-like creatures that carried the silver .]](/uploads/cache/40481-250x250.jpg)
[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 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the Indians mined the silver at Pitosi.]](/uploads/cache/40482-250x250.jpg)
[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 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the Indians cured the Spanish thirst for gold....by pouring it down their throats!]](/uploads/cache/40483-250x250.jpg)
[How the Indians cured the Spanish thirst for gold....by pouring it down their throats!]
A brutal scene depicting native Indians tying down Spanish men and pouring liquid gold down their throats. Scenes of cannibalism in the background.In 1631 Johann Ludwig G...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![De Sota meets the Inca king near Cajamarca.]](/uploads/cache/40485-250x250.jpg)
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,...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Vespucci lands on the Island of Itius.]](/uploads/cache/40486-250x250.jpg)
[Vespucci lands on the Island of Itius.]
According to the esteemed historian, Las Casas,‘Itius cannot be other than the islands we reach coming from Spain, named Guadeloupe and Dominica.When Vespucci and his S...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![Praelium Divrnum. [Spanish fleet defeated by the Dutch] / Nocturnum Praelium [Dutch and Spanish at sea off Lima].](/uploads/cache/41087-250x250.jpg)
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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].](/uploads/cache/41090-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Spanish take over Cusco] / [Atahualpa is garrotted].](/uploads/cache/41092-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The bloody battle at Chupas] / [Francesco Pizzaro is killed].](/uploads/cache/41093-250x250.jpg)
[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 ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the Inca nobility are buried] / [Bridge of Huaynacapaco]](/uploads/cache/41094-250x250.jpg)
[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 ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..](/uploads/cache/41095-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[A prisoner of the Indians of Tupinamba, covered in feathers . . .]](/uploads/cache/41101-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The description of Horn's Island].](/uploads/cache/41103-250x250.jpg)
[The description of Horn's Island].
This was a charming and beautiful island, full of coconuts, upas-root and wild pigs, which the natives either offered or sold to the Dutch. The natives seemed very wild a...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The natives eat, drink and dance for their king].](/uploads/cache/41104-250x250.jpg)
[The natives eat, drink and dance for their king].
Food was carried on the natives’ heads as they humbly crept forward on their knees to greet the Dutch. The drink, called cava, was made from a certain plant, which they...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The Dutch are received at another island in Samoa].](/uploads/cache/41105-250x250.jpg)
[The Dutch are received at another island in Samoa].
On visiting another island [in Samoa] the Dutch were made heartily welcome by the king and all the inhabitants. A king of another neighbouring island also called to meet ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The adventures of the Dutch at 'Bottomless' island in Samoa].](/uploads/cache/41106-250x250.jpg)
[The adventures of the Dutch at 'Bottomless' island in Samoa].
The Dutch arrived at an island [in Samoa] fringed with wild vines on which there were native men with long hair and native women with short hair. Because the water surrou...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[John Smith caught by the French].](/uploads/cache/41114-250x250.jpg)
[John Smith caught by the French].
In 1615, during one of John Smith’s voyages across the Atlantic, he was caught by some French pirates. While at sea in captivity he was forced to suffer great hardships...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Another Dutch fleet reaches Lima].](/uploads/cache/41117-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
(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 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Composite atlas of the Low Countries.
A unique, made-to-order atlas comprising 18 double-page engraved maps by or after Hessel Gerritsz, Theodoor Galle, Jacob van Deventer, Gerard Mercator, Peter Verbiest, Je...
Place & Date: [Antwerp, c. 1633
Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descrip.
Fine map of Hannonia (Hainaut), with ornate cartouches, two coats of arms, etc. Showing the cities of Charleroi, Mons, Ath, Tournay, Valenciennes, Maubeuge, etc. in Belgi...
- $600 / ≈ €528
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612-1641
Theodorus Galle, Calcographus Anterpiæ.
Portrait of Theodorus Galle engraved by Lucas Vorsterman. Lucas Vorsterman was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as w...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1645
Novissima Flandriae Comitatus tabula. . .
Rare issue of Theodorus Danckert's attractive map of eastern Belgium provinces, Flanders, with Brugge, Oostende, Gent, Mons, Antwerp, Cambray, etc..Decorative title carto...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1700
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 / ≈ €220
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 / ≈ €264
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 / ≈ €220
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 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola d' Erramanga una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l'Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a woman, native of the island of Erramanga in the Pacific. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original ...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di Mallicolo una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman, a native of the island of Mallico. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Will...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a woman, a native from the island of Mallico. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Wi...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Homme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hébrides dans la Mer du Pacifique.
Full portrait of a man from the island of Tanna in the Pacific. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by W...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Capo della flotta degli Otahiti nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de la flotte des Otahiti dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of captain of the Otahiti flotilla. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges,...
- $450 / ≈ €396
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Potatow Capo dei Tahiti Isola nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Potatow Chef de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Hawaiian chief Potatow. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who ...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Otoo, Re di Tahiti Isola nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Otoo, Roi de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Hawaiian King Otoo. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who acco...
- $300 / ≈ €264
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 / ≈ €308
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 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de S.e Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman from the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...
- $350 / ≈ €308
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Femme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a woman from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who ...
- $350 / ≈ €308
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Homme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a native from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who...
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
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...
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Theodorus Primus Corsicae Rex.
Portrait of Everard Jabach, three-quarter length, standing by the fragment of a column, facing left, wearing a cloak and doublet with plain collar, his left arm held behi...
- $40 / ≈ €35
Place & Date: Paris, 1652 - 1800
Beer poster.
Official Oktoberfest posters started being produced each year beginning in 1952. This poster was created by German artist Theodor Abeking. Other artists who made posters ...
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1950