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Prima Columbi in India navigatio


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In the presence of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon, Christopher Columbus departs from Palos on his first voyage to the New World in this scene set in a page of text from the famous de Bry edition of Benzoni's History of the New World.
Item Number: GG2444
Cartographer: de Bry/Benzoni
Place & Date: Frankfurt / 1594
Size: 7 3/4" x 6 3/8" (image); 9" x 13 3/4" (page)
Condition: b&w; overall browning and some staining along upper edge of sheet; handwritten description of the scene (in Spanish) in lower margin
Price: SOLD