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.
PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION, ARABIAN PENINSULA, 16TH CENTURY VOYAGES, DOM JOAO DE CASTRO, PIETER VAN DER AA, PORTUGUESE INDIA, HISTORICAL ENGRAVINGS, COLONIAL TRADE, EUROPEAN NAVIGATION, EARLY TRAVEL ACCOUNTS | PCO-C50-15
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Naauwkeurig verhaal van een reys door Portugiejsen uyt Indien gedaan na Soez, in de jaaren 1540 en 1541. Published in Leiden, 1706, by Pieter van der Aa.
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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