Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno M CCCCXCII

Benzoni, Girolamo, 1519-, Chauveton, Urbain, -approximately 1616, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598 · 1594 · [Impressum Francofurti ad Moenum, : Typis Ioannis Feyrabend, impensis Theodori de Bry.] · 11 pictures

Americae pars quarta is a 1594 Frankfurt account of the Americas by Girolamo Benzoni, edited by Urbain Chauveton and printed by Johann Feyerabend for Theodor de Bry, covering Columbus's first voyages and the Spanish conquest. The pictures are dense, finely cut copperplate engravings with title cartouches, ship scenes, and crowded battle scenes, offering a designer models of early modern baroque ornament and dramatic crowd composition.

Columbus, Christopher · Imprint 1594

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