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Wie Hieronymus Benzo die Schiffahrt in Indiam so gegen Nidergang der Sonnen gelegen / erstmals fürgenommen

Date: 1594

Theodor de Bry's America

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Rights	Public Domain

Creator	de Bry, Theodor
Subject	Benzoni, Girolamo Voyages and travels Colonization history Spanish colonization Expeditionary vessels
Place	Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain
Genre	copper engravings (visual works)
Type	Image
Language	German
Provenance	Theodor de Bry’s America University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Rare Books and Maps Collection

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Title	Wie Hieronymus Benzo die Schiffahrt in Indiam so gegen Nidergang der Sonnen gelegen / erstmals fürgenommen
Alternative	How Hieronymus Benzo first undertook the voyage to [the Americas], setting sail around sunset
Creator	de Bry, Theodor
Contributors	Feyerabend, Johann
Publisher	de Bry, Theodor
Date	1594
Language	German
Description	The title of this illustration was changed due to potentially harmful or inaccurate language. Original translation of the title for this illustration: "How Hieronymus Benzo first undertook the voyage to India, setting sail around sunset." This illustration appears in the book: "Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primùm Occidentalis India à Christophoro Columbo anno M. CCCCXCII / scripta ab Hieronymo Bezono ... qui istic an[n]is XIIII. versatus dilige[n]ter omnia observavit, addita ad singula ferè capita, non contemnenda scholia in quibus agitur de earum etiam gentium idolatria, accessit praeterea illarum regionum tabula chorographica, omnia elegantibus figuris in aes incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leodiense, cive Francofortensi." Translated book title: "America, Part Four. Distinguished and admirable history of Western India, Discovered for the first time by Christopher Columbus in the year 1492. Written by Jerome Benzoni from Milan, Who having lived there for fourteen years, Diligently observed everything. Additions to almost every chapter, not including comments, Also treat the idolatry of those populations. Also added is a map of those regions. All illustrated with elegant images copper engraved by Theodor de Bry from Liege, Citizen of Frankfurt." Series Title: "India Occidentalis (Grand Voyages)."
Subject	Benzoni, Girolamo Voyages and travels Colonization history Spanish colonization Expeditionary vessels
Place	Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain
Genre	copper engravings (visual works)
Type	Image
Identifier	E141 .A45 1594 OCLC: 213482585
Provenance	Theodor de Bry’s America University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Rare Books and Maps Collection
Rights	Public Domain
Related Item	https://id.lib.uh.edu/ark:/84475/do43009x39w
Digital Object ARK	ark:/84475/do5460qt157