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The Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590-1634)

Michiel van Groesen

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Description:This book deals with the De Bry collection of voyages, one of the most monumental publications of Early Modern Europe. It analyzes the textual and iconographic changes the De Bry publishing family made to travel accounts describing Asia, Africa and the New World. It discusses this editorial strategy in the context of the publishing industry around 1600, investigating the biography of the De Brys, the publications of the Frankfurt firm, and the making of the collection, as well as its reception by Iberian inquisitors and seventeenth-century readers across the Old World. The book draws on a wide variety of primary sources, and is hence important for historians, book historians, and art historians interested in the development of Europe's overseas empires.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590-1634). To get started finding The Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590-1634), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 579

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: BRILL

Release: 2008

ISBN: Bry

Description: This book deals with the De Bry collection of voyages, one of the most monumental publications of Early Modern Europe. It analyzes the textual and iconographic changes the De Bry publishing family made to travel accounts describing Asia, Africa and the New World. It discusses this editorial strategy in the context of the publishing industry around 1600, investigating the biography of the De Brys, the publications of the Frankfurt firm, and the making of the collection, as well as its reception by Iberian inquisitors and seventeenth-century readers across the Old World. The book draws on a wide variety of primary sources, and is hence important for historians, book historians, and art historians interested in the development of Europe's overseas empires.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590-1634). To get started finding The Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590-1634), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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