Historiae antipodum, siue Novi orbis, qui vulgo Americae, & Indiae Occidentalis nomine vsurpatur, pars tertia, : Complectens admirandam cum ipsius terrae Brasiliae, tum incolarum eius barbarorum & antropophagorum historiam libris tribus descriptam: Quorum I. Primo continetur narratio profectionis Ioannis Stadij Hessi in Brasiliam, qui à barbaris interceptus, nouemque menses inter eos versatus est, II. Diegesis historica naturam coeli solique Brasiliensis, vt & auiam, ferarum, piscium, arborum item caeterorumq[ue] vegetabilium illius terrae experimens. III. Luculientissima descriptio itineris Iohannis Lerij Burgundi, quod in easdem terras suscepit.

Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576, Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611. Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil. Latin, Barré, Nicolas, active 1555. Copie de quelques letres sur la navigation du chevalier de Villegaignon es terre de l'Amerique. Latin Selections · 1630 · [Frankfurt am Main] : Venales reperiu[n]tur in officina Theodori de Bry. · 43 pictures

This is a 1630 Frankfurt edition of Theodor de Bry's third part of the Americas collection, compiling Hans Staden's captivity account among Brazilian Tupi people with Léry's and Clusius's natural histories, printed for European readers. The four pictures are horizontal decorative strapwork friezes of scrolls, foliage, and putti in dense woodcut-style black line, offering a designer models for border bands, cartouche-like central medallions, and symmetrical ornamental panels.

Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576 · Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611 · Villegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571? · Indians of South America · Natural history · Tupi language · Indian linguistics · Imprint 1630

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