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[Vespucci visits an Indian village near Cumana, Venezuela].


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In an engraving from a later German edition of de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, Indian women are presented to Vespucci in a village near Cumana in today's Venezuela. In the background, Indians dance around a man lying in a hammock, while a burial takes place nearby.
Item Number: 252
Cartographer: Theodore de Bry / J.L. Gottfriedt
Place & Date: Frankfurt / 1631
Size: 7" x 6" (image), 9 1/4" x 14 1/4" (overall sheet).
Condition: fully colored; overall age toning
Price: SOLD