Author: Johan[n] Theodor[e] de Bry
Publisher:
Year: c1602
Size: c 14 x 17.3 cm (print size), 33 x 23 cm (page size)
Reference: Quirino p.20 + p.79 (lat.ed.); Sabin 68455, Lust 656; Suarez: p.186, fig. 103
De Sinu Baye La Baye (Gulf of Albay]
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copper engraving, full page with text.
EXTREMELY RARE map from ‘Vera et genvina, designatio insvlarvm…’, 1st latin edition, fol. 68 , part 9, pl.XI in the Latin edition of “Grosse Reisen”.
Engraved depiction of the gulf of Albay and San Bernardino and Mayon Vulcano, from the description of the voyage of Oliver van Noort, complete original view with galleon and tattooed inhabitants in Oct. 1600
THE EARLIEST WESTERN INDIVIDUAL DEPICTION OF ALBAY GULF with Mayon Volcano.
On the left: the first depiction in print of a Filipino: a native from the Island of Capul. Van Noort writes: “…have very nice and beautifully cut engravings on their skin. On the right is an inhabitant of New Spain (Mexico) denoted as an “artisan”.
