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Theodore De Bry: Americae Pars Magis Cognita . . . MDCXXIV
Title: Americae Pars Magis Cognita . . . MDCXXIV Map Maker: Theodore De Bry
Description: Rare second edition of one of the great maps of South American and the Southern part of North America and the Caribbean, with the addition of two city plans not present in the earlier edition. This second edition includes town plans of Mexico City and Pernambuco, as well as a naval battle off the coast of Brazil not present in the earlier edition. The map appeared in the 3rd Part of De Bry's Grand Voyages, illustrating the accounts of the voyages of Johann van Staden and Jean de Lery during the 1540s and 1550s. The cartography of North America is based upon Jacques Le Moyne's map of Florida, which De Bry published in 1591, making this the second appearance of Le Moyne's cartographic information on a printed map. A masterful engraving of what was then all of Spanish America, including the southern United States. South America is based on the 1587 Peter Martyr map and works by Gastaldi. The beauty of De Bry’s uncommonly intricate engraving is evident. De Bry’s Grand Voyages, an illustrated collection of accounts of the Americas, defined the early European picture of the New World. Condition Description: Margins extended References: Burden 80, State 1.
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