Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23 x 18 cm (9.06 x 7.09 inch). Image size: 18 x 13 cm. (7.09 x 5.12 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Slight foxing, some creasing and minor stains along edges. Original vertical fold as issued. Additional vertical fold lines. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SPANISH CONQUEST, PIETER VAN DER AA, HISTORICAL ENGRAVINGS, NATIVE AMERICAN ENCOUNTERS, EUROPEAN EXPLORATION, 18TH CENTURY PRINTS, COLONIAL HISTORY, EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY, INDIGENOUS TRIBES, FIRST CONTACT SCENES | PCO-C50-15
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indi?n … zedert het jaar 1519 tot 1521 by Pieter van der Aa, Leiden, 1707.
Biography engraver: Jan Goeree (1670-1731) was a Dutch engraver, draughtsman, and author, mainly active in Amsterdam. He was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse and created detailed historical engravings.
Biography artist: Publisher: Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller based in Leiden. He specialized in geography and travel books, producing numerous atlases and city plans. He often republished earlier works, combining original material with reprints from other cartographers.
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