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Title(s)
Wunderbarliche, doch warhaftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ...
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Additional Title(s)
America. German
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Published/Created
Franckfort am Mayn : Gedruckt bey J. Wechel : 1590[-1630]
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Physical Description
14 parts : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 36 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G159 .B79 1590+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Title and imprint from part 1.
The set is commonly known by the title Great voyages (or Grands voyages).
Parts 1-6 were published by Theodore de Bry (1528-1598). After his death, the series was continued by his widow and two sons, Johann Theodor de Bry and Johann Israel de Bry, who together published parts 7-9. After Johann Israel's death (1611), Johann Theodor was responsible for parts 10 and 11. The final parts (12-14) were published by Matthaeus Merian. Cf. Church.
The present German edition was published simultaneously with a Latin edition. See Church (v. 1, p. 319) for a "Table exhibiting the several editions and issues of the Great voyages of de Bry," including both the Latin and the German editions. Part 1 was also issued in French and English editions.
Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 176, etc.
BAC: British Art Center copy is complete, with all the maps and plates. Bound in later brown cloth. From the library of Mary Cecil Frankland, 16th Baroness Zouche. Collated in 1949 by Henry Stevens, whose detailed typescript description (together with that of the Petits Voyages) is included herewith (Suppl. volume). As noted in the Stevens collation, the BAC copy is a mixture of the second and first editions, as follows: Parts 1-5, 2nd edition (1600-1613); parts 6-9, 1st edition (1597-1601); parts 10-14 (1st, i.e. sole edition). Furter details on issue, variation, etc., are available in the Stevens collation. -
Subject Terms
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. | Cavendish, Thomas, 1560–1592 -- Travel -- America. | Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Travel -- America. | Indians of North America -- Early works to 1800. | Indians of South America -- Early works to 1800. | Latin America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. | Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 -- Travel -- America. | South America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. | Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. | Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800. | Zouche, Mary Cecil Frankland, Baroness, 1875–1965 -- Provenance.
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Form/Genre
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Export
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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