Sujet

Richard Hakluyt, the Principal Navigations, London, 1599, reprinted 1889. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Richard Hakluyt, the Principal Navigations, London, 1599, reprinted 1889. World map. Australia was yet to be 'discovered'. 'By the discoveries of Sir Francis Drake made in the yeare 1577, the streights of Magellane (as they are comonly called) seeme to be nothing els but broken land and Ilands and the southwest coast of America called Chili was found, not to trend to the northwestwards as it hath beene described but to the eastwards of the north as it is heere set downe: which is also confirmed by the voyages and discoveries of Pedro Sarmiento and Mr Tho. Candish Ao 1587'.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22B28_123

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

19,1Mo (1,4Mo) / 25,4cm x 18,9cm / 3000 x 2230 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe river Africa South America ocean North America England arts country exploration art continent British geography English color New World Atlantic Ocean location century gallery Britain exploring print concept navigation B&W Amazon MONOCHROME engraved engraving art gallery Colour black & white black and white B W white and black 16th century sixteenth century geographical feature River Amazon map Unknown Richard Thomas Pedro Cavendish Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art Art Institute Chicago Prints and Drawings Engraving in black on cream wove paper Richard Hakluyt Hakluyt Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa Gamboa Pedro Sarmiento de Sarmiento de Gamboa Thomas Cavendish Thomas Candish Candish