Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van
Title:
China - Naves e China et Iava
Date:
1596
Medium:
copper engraving
Size:
25cm x 32cm
Description:
China - Naves e China et Iava velis ex arundine contextis et anchoris ligneis.
One of the earlist available European engravings of a Chinese ship. It was published in Jan Huygen van Linschoten's book Itinerario which was published in Amsterdam in 1596.
This ship was later copied by Theodore de Bry and other seventeeth century writers to illustrate their early books on China.
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Item Code:
MA1130
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