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The title page to the second volume of Theodore de Bry’s ‘Grand Voyages’ which described the French voyage to North America. In 1562 Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, sent Jean Ribaut a highly talented navigator to Florida. This work describes that expedition and was illustrated by Jacque Le Moyne’s iconic map of Florida. Alexander (1976) pp. 12-59 (illustrating most of the plates in the de Bry); refer Burden (1996) 79; Cumming, Skelton & Quinn (1972) pp. 154-71 & 181-92.
DE BRY, Theodore

Brevis Narratio Eorum Quae in Florida Americae Provicia

Frankfurt, 1591
315 x 215 mm., with recent wash colour, with unnecessary paper strip to verso of lower margin, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 11240
$ 395
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