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Johann Wechel
DimensionsSheet: 13 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34.6 × 23.5 cm)
Plate: 6 × 8 1/4 in. (15.2 × 21 cm)
Accession Number 2023.58
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsGallorum ad Maii flumen navigatio. (u,c print) CONSCENSIS denuo scaphis aliò navigarūt: & antè quàm appellerent, ab alia Indorum turba salut ationibus excepti sunt; qui ad humeros usque flumen ingrebi, parvos corbes mayzo, morisque albis & rubris plenos ipsis obtulerunt: alÿs ad eos in continentem deferendos operam suam offerentibus: in quem delati, illorum Regem conspexerunt, quem bini filÿ cum caterva Indorum arcu & pharetra sagittis plena armatorum comitabantur. Mutuis salutationibus peractis, in syluas profecti sunt, multa singularia istic se reperturos sperantes: sed nihil præter arbores rubra & alba mora ferentes observarunt, quaram fastigia multi bombyces occupabant. Id autem flumen Maii nomine indigetarunt; quoniam ejus mensis primo die conspectum ab ipsis fuit. (l,c print) A 3 d (l,r print) F. Maij (l,c plate)
Portfolio/SeriesLes Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio (The navigation of the French to the river Maij), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines