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[Discovery of the Magellan Strait.]

Scarce print with a German text sheet shows the great Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, navigating the dangerous waters of the channel that bears his name. On 21st...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Dutch fight with the local Indians in the Magellan Strait.]

Scarce print with a German text sheet shows Noort’s fleet in the Magellan Straits, the Dutch visited an island near Cape Nassau. It was inhabited by Fuegian Indians who...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Dutch become stranded in the Magallen Strait.]

Scarce print with a German text sheet. While the Dutch were killing the birds on Penguin Island, there was a great storm and the waves damaged their boat so badly that it...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Cavendish reaches Deseado.]

Scarce print with a German text sheet. In December, 1586, during his round-the-world voyage, Cavendish’s fleet landed on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, near some isla...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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Quintero.

Scarce print with a German text sheet. On 13th June, 1615, Spilbergen’s fleet entered the beautiful Bay of Quintero (A), and anchored there (C). Again the Dutch went as...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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Val Parysa.

Scarce print with a German text sheet. In the June of 1615, the Dutch fleet reached the town of Valparaíso. The natives were dressed as shown (I). The fleet (D) anchored...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Drake capturing of St. Augustine in Florida].

Scarce print with a German text sheet showing Drake's men overrunning the settlement of St. Augustine. Fleet is anchored in the bay. From de Bry's "Great American Vo...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M. Merian, 1633
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[Drake reaches the Rio de la Plata].

Scarce print with a German text sheet showing Drake’s fleet of five ships reaching the Rio de la Plata in April, 1578. One of the ships in poor repair had been slowing ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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Aquapolque.

Scarce print with a German text sheet. The Dutch had already captured many Spaniards and, in October 1615 when their fleet reached Acapulco, they exchanged them for provi...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Spilbergen's fleet lands near Manzanillo].

Scarce print with a German text sheet. A few miles north of Manzanillo is the natural harbour of Santiago,(St. Jago) where Spilbergen’s fleet, marked (A), anchored. A s...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[The French reach Port Royal].

Scarce print with a German text sheet. When the French arrived, they called it Portuus Regalis or Port Royal because of its size and beauty. There they brought in the sai...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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Russia cum confinijs.

An extremely decorative and historic map, showing Scandinavia, Russia, and the regions directly south of the Crimea. With an inset map of the central region round Moscow,...

Maker: MERCATOR, G.
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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Typus Hispaniae.

A decorative map of the Kingdom of Spain and Portugal by Joan Janssonius, after the cartographic source by Hessel Gerard. Embellished by sailing ship, compass roses, and ...

Maker: JANSSONIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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Cyprus Ins.

A decorative map of Cyprus, with six inset maps of Stalimini, Chius, Mitilene, Negroponte, Cerigo, and Rhodes.

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Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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Manila.

Scarce print with German text sheet showing the harbour of Manila, carefully depicted here, is a good place for ships. The letter ‘A’ is the harbour itself. B: Shows ...

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Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Sebald de Weert arriving in South America].

Scarce print (150x175mm.) showing Sebald de Weert making landfall in South America on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Ne...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY, T.
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[Mexican history plate].

Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe Welt Vnd Americanische Historien/ Jnhaltende Warhaffti...

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[American history plate].

Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe Welt Vnd Americanische Historien/ Jnhaltende Warhaffti...

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[A group of women piercing their hearts with daggers].

A group of women piercing their hearts with daggers. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe W...

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[The Spanish capture Fort Caroline].

The Spanish capture Fort Caroline in Florida. Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY, T.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Itzcoatl, fourth emperor of the Aztecs, entering town].

Scarce print (150x177mm.) Itzcoatl, fourth emperor of the Aztecs, entering town at the head of an army, on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY, T.
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[American history plate].

Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe Welt Vnd Americanische Historien/ Jnhaltende Warhaffti...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY, T.
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[The Portuguese settlement in Brazil, at the Island of St. Vincent].

Panoramic view of the Portuguese settlement in Brazil, at the Island of St. Vincent. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY, T.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Dutch fleet reaches Rio de Janeiro.]

In 1599, the Dutch fleet, under the command of Oliver van Noort, reached an island in the natural harbour of Rio de Janeiro. On this island there was a town, as marked (C...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Indian Cannibalism.]

While Staden was still in captivity, he witnessed more cannibalism. Because the Tupinamba Indians said he was too ugly, they cut off the head and threw it away. They also...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Straden is captured by Indians.]

In 1552, while Staden was out hunting with his guide, not far from the fort at Bertioga, he found himself surrounded by shouting Indians. Although the guide escaped, Stad...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Vespucci visits Paria.]

In his letters, Vespucci describes the natives of this region, as tawney, going about naked and with no pubic hair. They eat whatever the land provides naturally for them...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Human sacrifice. Aztec.]

On sacrificial days, the Mexicans would take a prisoner up the steps of the ‘Round Hill of Skulls’, where the high-priest, with his feathered head-dress, would place ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Aztec's hunt game.]

At dawn hunters would gather together in the town, accompanied with their bows, arrows and netting for hunting purposes. They would then march out of town, blowing their ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Aztec priests do penance.]

On certain days, the holy men of Mexico would gather around their god, Vitzliputzli. While playing shawms and sprinkling incense on their idol, their leader would pierce ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[The origin of Mexico City.]

The Mexican god, Vitzliputzli, said the Indians would find their promised land when they found the ‘Tunal Tree’ (Prickly Pear) which grows out of a stone near a river...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Montezuma's brother prefers death than disloyalty.]

During Montezuma’s reign, many Mexicans were captured after a fierce battle with the Chalco Indians. When the Calco found out that one of their prisoners was the brothe...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Vespucci lands on Colombian shores.]

Perhaps the first Europeans ever to reach Colombian shores where Alonso de Ojeda and his crew during their voyage in 1499-1500. Amerigo Vespucci was reputed to be among t...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Venezuelan Indians kill Spanish Monks.]

Some monks crossed from Cubagua to the Venezuelan mainland to spread the message of Christianity to the Indians. Along with them went other Spaniards who wanted to barter...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[First Spanisn colony at Buenos Aires.]

In 1534 Pedro de Mendoza was sent to colonise the Rio de la Plata. The following year, several hundred men began to colonise the present day site of Buenos Aires. At firs...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Islands of Macian and Bacian.]

This shows the features of the islands Macian and Bacian. ‘A’ is the Isle of Macian, with its angle towards noon from the Equator, being 8 minutes from midnight, ‘B...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Islands of Amboina and Nera.]

On the island of Amboina, the Dutch have a royal castle with a strong fortress. ‘E’ marks some homes of the inhabitants, ‘F’ shows the island itself, along with i...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[St. John's Harbour NFL.]

St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland. In his Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundland, Richard Whitbourne recounts sighting a strange creature in St.John's harbour which he id...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Pizarro forms a pact with Almagro.]

On his way back from Spain with the royal consent to conquer Peru, Pizarro forms a pact with Almagro in Panama. In order to ensure the pact was binding, they both swore a...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Plans in Panama for the conquest of Peru.]

Having sworn co-operation and agreement to share between them the riches they hoped to find in Peru, Francisco Pizarro, Diego de Almagro and the priest Hernando de Luque,...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Inca gold goes to Panama.]

Much of the gold stolen from the Incas was taken to the Town of Panama, where it was transported by mules across the Isthmus to Nombre de Dios, on the Caribbean coast, to...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[The English are attacked on St. Lucia.]

During Oliver Leagh’s voyage to Guiana in 1605, Captain St. John went ashore with a number of the crew. There they built a settlement by the sea and for some weeks trad...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Sir Francis Drake attacks the town of Santa Domingo.]

The town of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola was once the capital of Spanish America but in 1586, when Drake arrived, it had deteriorated somewhat in stature. Be...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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Portrait of the islands Velas / Ladrones islands.

Magellan first discovered the Ladrones Islands in 1521, who originally named them Velas, after the little local ships with sails. They are, however, believed to be the Ma...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Cavendish meets the natives at Guam.]

During Thomas Cavendish’s voyage to the Spice Islands of the East, he dropped anchor in 1587 at Guam in the Ladrones, known as the Islands of Thieves. At least sixty ca...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[What the Dutch experienced at the Ladrones Islands.]

At the Marianas Islands, the Dutch ship was visited by about 200 small boats, each containing 2 or 3 people. To do trade with them, the Dutch let down ironware by means o...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Fate of certain prisoners]

A certain person was selected and held in a prison at night-time. During the day, he dined with the nobility and was accompanied by guards. He could go wherever he wanted...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[The retaking of Fort Caroline by the French / Indians from the Spanish.]

A lively battle scene with cannons roaring, dead bodies strewn all over the ground, boats and soldiers crossing a river. This is the epic battle scene of the combined for...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Alvarado dies at Guadalajara]

The Chichimecs Indians had been terrorising the Spanish at Guadalajara for some time, so, while Alvarado was on his way north to search for the Seven Cities of Cíbola, h...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[How the Aztecs treat their dead.]

When an Aztec of distinction died, his corpse was laid out in a chamber so that his friends, followers and relations could go to pay their respects. Sometimes they would ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Vespucci lands on the Island of Giants.]

In 1499-1500, when Antonio de Ojeda and his crew, including Vespucci, landed on an island known today as Curaçao, they saw giant footprints in the sand. These they follo...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[How the Tupi Indians roasted their meat.]

The Indians set up a grill, consisting of four posts set in the ground. They were as thick as a man’s arm and had a fork at the top, across which sticks were laid to fo...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[The dogs of Vasco Nunez de Balboa attacking native Indians]

A brutal scene in which the dogs of the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, ferociously attack native Indians, while the Spanish look on.In 1631 Johann Ludwig Gottfri...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Dutch fleet attacking Spanish fortess of Gratiosa on Gran Canaria].

Scarce print with a German text sheet showing a fierce battle taking place between Spanish and Dutch forces. From de Bry's "Great American Voyages". Johann Theo...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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Guame. [Spilbergen's fleet reaches Huarmey] / Payta [Spilbergen's fleet reach Paita].

Two engravings. [500] The town of Huarmey was situated about 150 miles north of Lima. It was conveniently located for ships because there was a natural harbour nearby wit...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Fort Caroline] / [Indians worship the stone column].

Two engravings. [375] When this fort was completed, the French named it Fort Caroline. The sides facing westward were defended by a ditch and ramparts built up with soil ...

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Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Columbus's egg] / [Columbus departs on his first voyage].

Two engravings. [204] Columbus is seen here in the center, seated among his Spanish companions. He asked who could make an egg stand on end so, after they all had tried a...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[How the Indians treat their sick] / [The sacrifice of the first born].

Two engravings. [385] They lay the sick person down upon a wooden bench. Then they cut the skin of his forehead with a sharp shell and sucked out the blood with their own...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Sir W. Ralegh in Trinidad] / [The origin of the legend of El Dorado].

Two engravings. [553] .When Ralegh arrived with his ships at Port-of-Spain in Trinidad, he was courteous and friendly to the local Spanish people who had already colonise...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[Indians of the Orinoco Delta, who live in trees] / [Sea monsters from Ralegh's expedition to Guyana].

Two engravings. [430] In the Orinoco delta, during the rainy season, no one could live at ground level because the river rose about 30 feet. During this time the Indians ...

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[Alvarado's greed in Mexico City] / [Spanish are attacked by Indians in Costa Rica].

Two engravings [084] Cortés and his men marched into, and occupied Mexico City in 1520. Some time later Cortés was needed elsewhere, so he left Alvarado in charge. Whil...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[Sir F. Drake crowned by the Indians of Nova Albion] / [Europeans, Drake, and the King of Ternate].

First engraving: Native Americans approach European soldiers and offer gifts. A native king or ruler wearing a feathered headdress puts a crown on a man's head who holds ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[The Chickahominy make peace with the English].

When friendly trade sprung up between Powhatan’s people and the English, a neighbouring tribe, known as the Chickahominy, sent two men with gifts to Thomas Dale as a to...

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[Ralph hamor visits Chief Powhaton].

After the successful marriage of John Rolf to Pocahontas, Thomas Dale thought he would like to marry the youngest of Powhatan’s daughters. He sent Hamor to the Indian v...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[A truce between the Indians and the English].

Not having heard anything for some time from Powhatan, the English sailed again up the river with one hundred and fifty men, along with Powhatan’s daughter, to one of t...

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[Powhaton's daughter is abducted].

In 1613, Captain Argall managed to bribe some Indian friends of Pocahontas to visit his ship with them. When she was aboard, he kept her hostage and sailed back down rive...

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[John Smith is saved by Pocahontas].

Within a few months of establishing the Jamestown colony in 1607, forty-six English had died from disease and starvation, so Smith went to try to obtain food from the Ind...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[Black slaves work the sugar plantations].

After the veins of precious ore became depleted on Hispaniola, the Spanish set the Black slaves to work on the sugar plantations. This soon became a highly profitable ven...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[L'Hermite reaches the Juan Fernandez Islands].

After rounding the Horn, the Dutch fleet sailed north-east and, on 5th April 1624, landed on the more easterly island of the Juan Fernandez Islands. On the north-east of ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[A broth is made from the intestines].

The women make a thick soup from the intestines and the head, which is shared it out among themselves and their children. After killing the prisoner, the chief gave himse...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[Chart of the Nassau fleet in Tierra del Fuego].

L’Hermite’s fleet reached the Tierra del Fuego on 17th February 1624. Because of bad weather, inexperience and bad compass readings, they anchored in a bay, which the...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[L'Hermite's fleet moors in the Solent for repairs].

In March 1623, a heavily armed fleet of 11 ships, under the command of Jacob l’Hermite, sailed from Holland with the ambitious hope of ‘destroying the Spanish in Amer...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
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[The massacre of Jamestown].

A brutal and violent scene of native Indians massacring the new inhabitants of the recently established English colony of Jamestown in VA.In 1631 Johann Ludwig Gottfried,...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire. . .

A fine map of Tierra del Fuego. With a Dutch translation of the explanatory text of the passage by Barent Jansz. Potgieter who accompanied captain Sebald de Weert to the ...

Maker: HONDIUS, H.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1633
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Abriss der Statt und Cittadelle Perpignia sampt dem Stat der Kön. Armee und Derselben Circumvallation.

A fine print that shows a plan of the walled city of Perpignan, in France, and its star shaped fortress surrounded by outer fortifications and troop formations. In the f...

Maker: MERIAN, M.
Date: Basel, 1633
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[Lot of 8 maps] Persien - PERSICI VEL SOPHO RUM REGNI TYPUS.

A map of the Persian Empire from the French edition of the Mercator / Hondius Atlas, published by Hendrik Hondius. Ref.: Koeman, Atlantes neerlandic, part II, item [132]....

Maker: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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Franconia Ducatus.

Fine detailed map of Franconia in southern Germany. Engraved by Henricus Hondius in 1633 and published in the “Atlas Theater du Monde” by Jan Janssonius. Features two...

Maker: HONDIUS, H. II
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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Situs Terrae Promissionis.S.S.Bibliorum intelligentiam..

Superb map of the Holy Land, after Adrichom, with north oriented to the left. It is finely engraved with numerous biblical scenes including the Exodus, the wandering of t...

Maker: HONDIUS, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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[Incas lay siege to Cusco.]

Atahualpa’s brother, Manco, organized a long and bloody siege to reoccupy the Inca capital, which eventually spread to open rebellion throughout the land. Pizarro, who ...

Maker: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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China.

Important map of China. Besides China, the map depicts Korea as an elongated island and Japan from the Teixeira model of 1595. Decorated with strapwork cartouches, a Euro...

Maker: MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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