Regnvm Congo hoc est Vera descriptio regni Africani, qvod tam ab incolis qvam Lvsitanis Congus appellatur.

Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604, Reina, Casiodoro de, approximately 1520-1594, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611, Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623, Rhode Island Historical Society. Library. fmo RIBRL · 1598 · Francofvrti : Excudebat Wolffgangus Richter, impensis Io. Theo. & Io. Israel. de Bry, frat. · 8 pictures

Pigafetta's 1598 account of the Kingdom of Congo, printed at Frankfurt by Wolfgang Richter for the de Bry brothers, is a Latin-language travel and description book for a learned European readership. Its plates are engraved illustrations with clean line work, showing figures in contrast of pale and dark, which a designer could take as a model for restrained, detailed monochrome narrative scenes.

Lopes, Duarte · Portuguese · Imprint 1598

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