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Insula de S. Laurentii

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Madagascar. "Insula de S. Laurentii". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. T. de Bry after J. H. van Linschoten's map of the region. Published by M. Becker in Frankfurt a. Main, 1599. With German title above the map. 14:19,5 cm.

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Bry, Johann Theodor de

Becker, Matthias

Frankfurt am Main

1599

Madagascar. "Insula de S. Laurentii". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. T. de Bry after J. H. van Linschoten's map of the region. Published by M. Becker in Frankfurt a. Main, 1599. With German title ("Die Insel Magdagascar, sonsten S. Laurentii, sampt deren Gelegenheit") above the map, 4 inset maps in ornamental cartouches, two wind-roses, a ship and German title above the map. 14:19,5 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inch.).

Norwich, map 334. - A  map of Madagascar. The insets are: "Insula de S. Maria" (Nosy Boraha island or Île Sainte-Marie), "Baija Dantogil" (Antongil Bay), "Caemeterium Battauorum" (Nosy Manitsa island) and "Porto de S Augostino" (city of Saint Augustin). - From de Bry's Orientalische Indien (Kleine Reisen - German ed. of his Petit Voyages). - Right margin cut, ca. 5 mm affecting the picture. - Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) was an engraver and publisher.


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