Occidentalis Americæ partis,/ vel, earum Regionum quas Chri-/ stophorus Colombus primu detexit/ Tabula Chorographicaè multorum/ Auctorum scriptis, præsertim verò ex/ Hieronymi Benzoni (qui totis XIIII/ annis eas Provincias diligenter/ perlustravit)...
Date1594
After work by
Girolamo Benzoni
Cartographer
Theodor De Bry
1528 - 1598
Publisher
Theodor De Bry
1528 - 1598
MediumLine engraving with period on laid paper with hand color and gold highlights
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 17 3/8in. (33 × 44.1cm)
Framed: 18 5/8 × 23 1/8 × 5/8in.
Framed: 18 5/8 × 23 1/8 × 5/8in.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1986-83
DescriptionThe upper right cartouche reads: "Occidentalis Americæ partis,/ vel, earum Regionum quas Chri-/ stophorus Colombus primu detexit/ Tabula Chorographicaè multorum/ Auctorum scriptis, præsertim verò ex/ Hieronymi Benzoni (qui totis XIIII/ annis eas Provincias diligenter/ perlustravit)/ Historia,/ conflata & im æs incisa à/ Theodoro de Bry Leod'./ Anna M D XCIIII"ProvenanceBefore 1986, Richard B. Arkway, Inc. (New York, NY); 1986-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).There are no works to discover for this record.