AMERICAS BELLERE (JEAN) Brevis exactaq totius novi orbis eiusq insularum descriptio recens edita, woodcut map of the Americas, second state with 'Peru' written horizontally, double-headed eagle holding the coat of arms of Castile and Leon, image 166 x 130mm. (sheet 188 x 140mm.), [Antwerp, 1566, 1567 or 1583] Fußnoten One of the earliest printed maps of the continent of the Americas, based on the travels of the explorers Ayllon (who attempted an unsuccessful colonisation on the south east coast), Gomes (who explored New England) and Fagundes. The map, also notable for the profusion of place names along the coasts, was first published in Lopez de Gómara's La istoria de las Indias, 1554, and the present example is from one of the three issue of Levinus Apollonius's De Peruviae regionis, all of which saw the title amended to include the mention of Peru.
AMERICAS BELLERE (JEAN) Brevis exactaq totius novi orbis eiusq insularum descriptio recens edita, woodcut map of the Americas, second state with 'Peru' written horizontally, double-headed eagle holding the coat of arms of Castile and Leon, image 166 x 130mm. (sheet 188 x 140mm.), [Antwerp, 1566, 1567 or 1583] Fußnoten One of the earliest printed maps of the continent of the Americas, based on the travels of the explorers Ayllon (who attempted an unsuccessful colonisation on the south east coast), Gomes (who explored New England) and Fagundes. The map, also notable for the profusion of place names along the coasts, was first published in Lopez de Gómara's La istoria de las Indias, 1554, and the present example is from one of the three issue of Levinus Apollonius's De Peruviae regionis, all of which saw the title amended to include the mention of Peru.
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