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Macao (China). "Amacao". Orig. copper-engraving, J. T. de Bry. Published by W. Richter in Frankfurt a. Main, 1606. With title cartouche at the bottom. 26:33 cm.

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Bry, Johann Theodor de

Richter, Wolfgang

Frankfurt am Main

1606

Macao (China). "Amacao". Orig. copper-engraving, J. T. de Bry. Published by W. Richter in Frankfurt a. Main, 1606. With title cartouche at the bottom, many figures and ships. 26:33 cm (10 1/4 x 13 inch.).

A birds-eye-view of Macao (Macau), an autonomous territory of China on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia. At the time a strategic stronghold for European voyages and remained a principal focal point of European voyages in the Far East and Pacific. - From de Bry's Orientalische Indien (Kleine Reisen - German ed. of his Petit Voyages). - Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) was an engraver and publisher.

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