La galerie agreable du monde

Alternative Title:

La galerie agreable du monde ... Cette partie comprend le tome second d'Amerique v. 2, La galerie agreable du monde ... Cette partie comprend le tome troisiéme d'Amerique v. 3, La galerie agreable du monde ... Cette partie comprend le tome quatriéme d'Amerique v. 4, Galerie du monde, Tom. I-IV d'Amerique, and La galerie agreable du monde

Description:

Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Leather and vellum binding. Red fore-edges. V. 1: [2], 15 pages, [2] leaves of plates, [37] double leaves of plates, [3] folded leaves of plates -- v. 2: [1] leaf of plates, [37] double leaves of plates -- v. 3: [1] leaf of plates, [25] double leaves of plates, [1] folded leaf of plates -- v. 4: [2] pages, [3] leaves of plates, [30] double leaves of plates. First 2 and last 2 pages blank (included in page description). Engraved frontispiece: L'Amerique / F. de Wit excu; and title pages (one for each volume), printed in both black and red. Introductory text. Elaborate illustrations of natural wonders (e.g. waterfalls, volcanos), settlements, architecture, indigenous figures practicing cultural customs (e.g. farming, fishing, feasting, dancing, and in battle), plants and animals, with indexes; depictions of cannibalism throughout. Decorative borders, banners, and cartouches (including indigenous figures and explorers, flora and fauna); compass roses, rhumb lines, bar scales, indexes. Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports, routes, ships. Descriptive text on some maps, and "Avec privilege." Maps 1 and 2 show California as an island. Maps 1, 2, 25 show equator. Map 2 has pictorial representation of cannibalism. Maps 3, 25 displays routes in the Pacific Ocean. Map 31 features mythical figures (e.g. Poseidon). Maps 7-13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 29, 30, 35-38, 40-57, 61, 66-68, 70-72 are views, some bird's eye. Dutch, Latin, and Italian titles on some maps.

Creator:

Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733, Goeree, Jan, 1670-1731, Allard, Carel, 1648-approximately 1709, Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675, and Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700

Publisher:

par Pierre van der Aa, Marchand Libraire, imprimeur de l'Université & de la Ville,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Cannibalism in art

Date Issued:

1729

Spatial Coverage:

North America, Discovery and exploration, Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Canada, Central America, Guatemala, South America, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, West Indies, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hh661fs2671