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Antique Print of Ascension Island (1601)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Right margin cropped close to the image edge. Stains in the lower right and top left edge, as well as in the top left of the image. The image on the rear with two small stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1601
  • Overall size: 19 x 31.5 cm.
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.. Antique Print of Ascension Island (1601)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Vera effigies et delineato Insulae Ascenstio …' - Bird's eye view of Ascension Island. Five large sailing ships in the background and flying fish and waterfowl in the foreground. On the rear an image of four ships sailing towards a whale, accompanied by fowl, flying fish and dolphins. From 'Indiae Orientalis', 1598-1604.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Jean Theodore de Bry'. Jean Theodore de Bry (1561-1623).