Braun & Hogenberg, [Seville, Cadiz & Malaga, Spain] Sevilla, Hispalis ... [With] Cadiz [And] Malaga Region_Africa rounded feathers

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and Leighton provided lifelong financial support

Based on the meticulous surveys of polymath Georg Marcgraf and enriched with vignettes drawn from the work of Frans Post—the first European artist to depict landscapes of the Americas—this 1652 edition marks a pivotal moment in the scientific and artistic documentation of South America

cross-stretchers supporting glazed compasses

and the wealth of the Spanish Empire in the New World

Braun & Hogenberg, [Seville, Cadiz & Malaga, Spain] Sevilla, Hispalis ... [With] Cadiz [And] Malaga Region_Africa rounded feathersBRAUN, Georg (1541 1622) & HOGENBERG, Frans (1535 1590). [Seville, Cadiz & Malaga, Spain] Sevilla, Hispalis [With] Cadiz [And] Malaga. Engraved map with original hand color. From Civitas Orbis Terrarum, Cologne, c. 1588. 16 3 8" x 21 1 8" sheet. Vivid depictions of Spains major port cities, central to transatlantic trade, maritime power, and the wealth of the Spanish Empire in the New World.