Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, nuper admodum ab Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D.LXXXV. : Deducti sunt inuentae, sumtus faciente Dn. VValtero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinaru[m] stanni praefecto ex authoritate serenissimae Reginae Angliae.

Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621, Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609, White, John, active 1585-1593, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598 · 1590 · Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Wecheli, sumptibus vero Theodori de Bry anno M D XC. Venales reperiuntur in officina Sigismundi Feirabendii · 21 pictures

A Latin account of the Roseanoke colony in Virginia, printed at Frankfurt in 1590 by Johann Wechel and Theodor de Bry, with Thomas Harriot's text and John White's watercolours, aimed at a learned European readership. The four pictures are horizontal strapwork friezes of dense interlaced scrolls, grotesque masks, and winged creatures, with symmetrical acanthus-like foliage, offering a designer ready models for decorative borders, cartouches, and band ornament.

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 · Indians of North America · Picts · Imprint 1590

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