MERCATORES QUIDAM CUM DEESSENT ILLIS CIBI quibis vescerentur in regione vasta, noctu ex insperato quorundam Indorum mapalia ingredi coguntur. ["The Indians are unduly alarmed"]
Date1596-1617
Engraver
Theodor De Bry
(1528 - 1598)
Engraver
Johann Theodore De Bry
Engraver
Johann Israel De Bry
OriginEurope, Germany
MediumBlack and white line engraving with modern hand color
DimensionsOH: 12" x OW: 9 1/4"; Plate H: 6 1/16" x W: 7 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1983-68
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "MERCATORES QUIDAM CUM DEESSENT ILLIS CIBI/ quibus vescerentur in regione vasta, noctu ex insperato quo-/ rundam Indorum mapalia ingredi conguntur."Plate XII from AMERICAE PARS SEXTA SIVE HISTORIÆ…, Part VI of De Bry's Grands Voyages
1660-1729
1730
1592 (originally published 1587)
1639-1642
c. 1700