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FRAMED Rare German imprint of one of the most important 16th century maps of Goa, India, from de Bry’s masterpiece “Les Petit Voyages.”
“A Ilha e Cidade de Goa Metropolitana da India E Partes Orientais”, from Orientalische Indien. Das ist, Auszführliche, und volkommene Historische, und Geographische Beschreibung Aller, und jeden Schifffahrten, und Reysen … in underschiedtIiche Königreich, Insuln, und Provintzien der Orientalischen Indien vorgenommen und verrichtet worden, by Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) and Johann Israel de Bry (1565-1609). [Little Voyages. India, parts I-XIII, in German]. Caspar Rötel for Wilhelm Fitzer, Frankfurt, 1628.
First published in Amsterdam in 1596 (Linschoten’s “Itinerario, voyagie ofte Ship-vaert.”), the map is a detailed birdseye view and plan of Goa, showing the various streets and buildings of the city, the city’s riverine harbor, and the fields surrounding the city. This map precedes the foundation of the British East India Company (1600 AD) and serves as a firsthand historical document reflecting European trade interests in India, particularly by the Portuguese, Dutch and French empires. Goa, on the western part of India, served as the pre-eminent harbor for naval voyages related to trade and religion from the Western European nations for their “East India” missions.
This extremely rare map is from the rare description in German of 16th-century European exploration of Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia, generally referred to as the Petits Voyages by de Bry.
15″ x 16.75″ sight. Framed 20.5″ x 21.5″.
Stunning PROVENANCE-Estate of William Souther Brewster, a prominent Boston businessman and a direct descendent of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ Elder William Brewster. Chairman of the New England Aquarium, trustee of the Plimoth Plantation, and Reagan appointee to the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Ilha e Cidade de Goa Metropolitana da India E Partes Orientais
Publisher: Caspar Rötel for Wilhelm Fitzer, Frankfurt
Publication Date: 1628
Binding: Framed Map
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First thus
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