De Bry -“How they cook fish over flame" - 1590 - Virginia - Roanoke - Algonquian maps -Government Printer Suva - W

-Government Printer Suva - W

The images are beautifully composed with bold colours and the use of space to highlight each compositions main themes

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The maps of Africa are important as they rejects the long-held Ptolemaic belief of the Mountains of the Moon as the source for the Nile River

De Bry -“How they cook fish over flame" - 1590 - Virginia - Roanoke - Algonquian maps -Government Printer Suva - W"How they cook fish over flames" Original Copperplate Engraving Theodore De Bry (1528 1598) Page 9. 5 x 13 inches (23 x 33cm) Image 8. 5 x 6 inches (22 x 15cm) Engraved in 1590 (This image is from the German 1st Edition of 1591) Good condition with clean image. Some wear to page. Verso blank This is an original plate from Part 1 "Admiranda Narratio" of De Bry's famous set of "Grands Voyages". This part described Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition,