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Inventio Maris Magallanici.
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- Maker :
- DE BRY, Th.
- Place :
- Frankfurt
- Date :
- 1594
- Color :
- Colored
- Height mm.:
- 145
- Width mm.:
- 195
- Condition :
- Copper engraving with letter press in Latin on recto and verso. Paper very slightly age toned, as usual. Size of the sheet : 34x24cm.
- Bibliography :
- Tooley (TMC-2) pp. 22-24.
- Seller's ref. :
- 48523
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Allegorical scene allegorical image celebrating the circumnavigation of the earth by Ferdinand Magellan. The image shows Magellan on board of his ship, surrounded by mythological figures including Apollo with sun and lyre, Zeus on his throne of clouds, Adam and Eve. A bird carrying an elephant and a depiction of the Tierra del Fuego.The image also includes cannon, banner with the double-headed Hapsburg eagle, anchor, broken mast, navigational instruments such as armillary sphere and dividers, sea monsters, and sea nymphs.
The image is based upon a 1592 engraving by Jan van der Straet, also known as Joannes [or Johannes] Stradanus, who created a series of four prints under the title America refection, celebrating the discovery of the new world.
The image was also re-issued in 1592 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World.
Finally re-issued by de Bry in 'America', 4th Part, 1594, where the figures are now shown in reverse.
Nocturnal in boxwood and brass.
Nocturlabe in boxwood and brass, the wheels maintained by a central nut presenting an annual calendar divided into months and days, an hour disc and a mobile alidade, the back engraved with a compass rose.The grip is openwork with a heart inscribed "Both Bears" for the Big and Little Dipper.England, circa 1700.Height without the alidade : 21,5 cm - Height in total : 26 cmNocturnal (sometimes called a ""horologium nocturnum" - time instrument for the night) in boxwood and brass, the wheels held ...
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Maker : COOPER, Th.
Place : England, Thomas Cooper
Date : dated 1701
Beschrijvinge vande de zee Cuften va Vlanderen en Picardien. . .
DUTCH TEXT EDITION. A detailed chart of the coast of Flanders and Normandy decorated by a large colorful baroque title cartouche, and the coat of arms of Flanders with a colorful scale cartouche decorated with a compass, a compass rose, several vessels and sea monsters. From an early Dutch text edition of this landmark contribution to the science of navigation. Waghenaer's own personal experiences as a pilot along European coasts were used to compile the Spiegel der Zeevaerdt, the first edition ...
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Maker : WAGHENAER, L. J.
Place : Leiden, Plantijn
Date : 1585
Soil map - Virginia Norfolk Sheet.
Soil map printed by Julius Bien & Co. in New York for the Department of Agriculture. The map gives great detail of the area centered on Norfolk, Potsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach in the year 1903. Soils are surveyed by J.E.Lapham in the same year. To the left and right, color keys to the different soil types.Upper left: U.S.Department of Agriculture, Bureau of soils, Milton Whitney, Chief.Julies Bien (later Bien & Co) was born and educated in Germany, and moved to America in 1849. He started...
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Maker : U.S. DEPT. OF ARGICULTURE
Place : New York 1903
Date : 1903
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[French seizure of Chiorera.]
Scarce print with a German text sheet showing the French torching and looting Chiorera. From de Bry's "Great American Voyages". Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) was born in Liège in 1561, the eldest son of the engraver and publisher Theodor de Bry. It was from his father that Johann learned his craft, producing both engravings and etchings. In 1588, the Lutheran De Bry family settled in Frankfurt am Main, a safe haven for Lutherans at this time of religious discord. Together with his father an...
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Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
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