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Theodor de Bry illustrations of Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New Worle.
BANC PIC 19xx.484:1-2--AXLOCAL
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Title:

Theodor de Bry illustrations of Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New Worle

Creator/Contributor:

Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, creator

Abstract:

Prints illustrate scenes from Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New World. No. 1 depicts scene on Hispaniola in 1500, when a new administrator imprisons Columbus and his brother Bartolome Colon and forces them to return to Spain (during Columbus' third voyage?). No. 2 depicts the armed conflict between Columbus and Francisco Poraz on Jamaica (as identified by text in print: Christophorus Columbus, Franciscus Poraz, Iamaica) during Columbus' fourth voyage.

Date:

1594 (issued)

Subject:

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Colonization -- Pictorial works
Explorers -- America -- Pictorial works
Colonisation -- Ouvrages illustrés
Explorateurs -- Amérique -- Ouvrages illustrés
Colonization
Explorers
Jamaica -- Pictorial works
Hispaniola -- Pictorial works
Jamaïque -- Ouvrages illustrés
Hispaniola -- Ouvrages illustrés
America
Hispaniola
Jamaica
Columbus, Christopher -- Pictorial works
Poraz, Francsico -- Pictorial works
Colón, Bartolomé -- -1514 -- Pictorial works
Colón, Bartolomé -- -1514
Columbus, Christopher

Note:

Later ms. annontation on verso of print no. 2: planches extraites de l'ouvrage de Theo de Bry, Voyages d' découvertes, 1595.
Prints bear following ms. annotations, in later hand: xvie siecle [rectos], P. IN/6 [versos].
Prints are from Theodor de Bry's Great Voyages, appearing consecutively in part 4, published 1594 (cf. Bucher, Icon and Conquest, pp. 175-190).
Title supplied by cataloger.

Type:

graphic
Pictorial works.
Engravings.

Physical Description:

print
2 prints : engraving ; plate marks 19 x 23 cm., on sheets 23 x 32 cm.

Language:

lat

Identifier:

BANC PIC 19xx.484:1-2--AXLOCAL

Origin:

Germany