America: Brasilia: Eine vnter dem Hauptman[n] H. Laudonniere 1564. Die andere vnter H. Ribald 1565. Die dritte, vnter H. Guerguesio 1567. geschehen ; Mit Beschreibung vnd lebendiger Contrafactur, dieser Prouintz ...

Staden, Hans, Léry, Jean de, Bry, Theodor de [Hrsg.], Lonicerus, Johann Adam [Übers.] · 1593 · 45 pictures

This is a 1593 German-language volume from the Theodor de Bry America series, edited by de Bry with text by Hans Staden and Jean de Léry and translated by Johann Adam Lonicerus, held by Heidelberg University Library, and aimed at a European readership curious about Brazil and the Americas. The engravings show Tupinamba village life, ceremonies, and encounters with European ships, rendered in dense black-and-white line work with printed German text framing each plate. A designer might take from them the crowded, hatched linework of early modern woodcut-style engraving, its tiered compositions of figures, and the framed plate-and-caption page layout.

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