Relation de la riviere des Amazones

Acuña, Cristóbal de, 1597-, Gomberville, M. Le Roy (Marin Le Roy), sieur de, 1600-1674, Grillet, Jean, 1624-1677, Béchamel, François, 1637-1676 · 1682 · A Paris, : Chez Claude Barbin, au Palais, sur le Perron de la Se Chapelle. · 6 pictures

A 1682 Paris account of the Amazon river, printed by Claude Barbin and based on Cristóbal de Acuña's Spanish narrative of Pedro Teixeira's voyage, edited and translated for a French reading public. The pictures are small woodcut and printed ornaments: a mask-like head with foliage and swags, stacked fleurons in triangular blocks, and a fruit-filled urn, useful for borders, dividers, and period decorative motifs.

Teixeira, Pedro, approximately 1570 · Indians of South America · Imprint 1682

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