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Theodor De Bry

Title

[Untitled Map of Part of America and the Atlantic Ocean]

Publication Place / Date

Frankfurt / 1599

Image Dimensions

5.5 x 3.5 inches

Color

Uncolored

Condition

VG+

Stock# 10048

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This rare untitled map comes from the 8th part of De Bry's Grand Voyages. The book covers the travels of Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish and Sir Walter Raleigh, whose name is noted above the map. The map showsthe Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Coast of North America, along with the Gulf of Mexico, in the style of Medina's map. Virginia is named, illustrating the account of Drake's visit to Roanoke Island in 1586. The map is directly drawn from Cornelis Claesz exceedingly rare map of 1598. The text, although first published by Richard Haklyut in 1585, was translated from the Dutch account by Claesz. The map did not appear in the first 3 Latin editions of 1599. There is also a German text edition of 1599 and a second Latin edition of 1625. Striking example, with a decorative compass rose and wide margins. Burden 130.

Theodor De Bry Biography

Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) was a prominent Flemish engraver and publisher best known for his engravings of the New World. Born in Liege, de Bry hailed from the portion of Flanders then controlled by Spain. The de Brys were a family of jewelers and engravers, and young Theodor was trained in those artisanal trades.

As a Lutheran, however, his life and livelihood were threatened when the Spanish Inquisition cracked down on non-Catholics. De Bry was banished and his goods seized in 1570. He fled to Strasbourg, where he studied under the Huguenot engraver Etienne Delaune. He also traveled to Antwerp, London, and Frankfurt, where he settled with his family.

In 1590, de Bry began to publish his Les Grands Voyages, which would eventually stretch to thirty volumes released by de Bry and his two sons. The volumes contained not only important engraved images of the New World, the first many had seen of the geographic novelties, but also several important maps. He also published a collection focused on India Orientalis. Les Grands Voyages was published in German, Latin, French, and English, extending de Bry’s fame and his view of the New World.