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Johann Wechel
DimensionsSheet: 14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (36.5 × 24.8 cm)
Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (14.9 × 21.6 cm)
Accession Number 2023.60
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsCulturæ & factionis ratio. (u,c print) XXI. (u,r print) DILIGENTER colunt terram Indi, eam ob causam ligones è piscium oBibus parare norunt viri, quibus manubria lignea aptantes, terram fodiunt satis facilè, nam mollior ect: ea deinde probè confracta & æquata, feminæ fabas & milium sive Mayzum serunt, præeuntis nonnullis quæ defixo in terram baculo foramina faciunt, in quæ fabæ & milÿ grana inÿciantur. Facta semente, agros relinquunt: nam eo tempore hiemis fugiendæ causa, que satis frigida ect, utpote regione inter Occidentem & Septentrionem sita, & circiter trimestre durat, nempe à 24. Decembris ad decimum quintum Martÿ, ÿ nudi incedentes in sylvas se abdunt. Transacta hieme, domum redeunt, expectantes sementis maturitatem. Messe confecta fructus recondunt in totius anni usum, nullum mercimonium ex ÿs facientes, nisi forte ob vilem aliquem supellectilem permutatione facta. (l,c print) 21 (l,c plate)
Portfolio/SeriesLes Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
Culturæ & Fationis ratio (Culture & Ethnicity System), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio (The navigation of the French to the river Maij), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ferinæ, piscium, & reliquæ annonæ illatio (Bringing game, fish, and the rest of the market), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gallilocum condendaearciaptum deligunt (They choose Gallicus to be buried), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
In cerui exuvio Soli consecrando solennes ritus (By consecrating solemn rites to the sun in the sky), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Floridenses convehendis in publicum horreum fructibus, diligentes (The Floridians were diligent in bringing their produce into the public warehouse), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Conviviorum appartus (Apart from the feasts), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Status Officiatorum Lusitanorum in India (Status of Portuguese Officers in India), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Batavorum primus ad Gabam Flumen appulfus (The Dutch were the first to land on the river Gabam), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Idolum Indorum Pagodes, & Templa Mahumetanorum (Pagodas of the Indian Idols, & Temples of the Mohammedans), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Argumentum III. Edicti Regii, de quo cap.3.fecundi libri agitur, executio. (Argument III. The execution of the Royal Edict, of which chapter 3 of the fruitful book is discussed.), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 1, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1598
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Descriptio Insulæ Maduræ, et Qvid Hollandis Ibi acciderit (A description of the island of Madurae, and what happened to the Dutch there), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 5, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1601
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Repræsentatio Virorum Quorundam in Auriefero Guineæ littore habitantium (Representation of Certain Men Inhabiting the Golden Coast of Guinea), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 6, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1604