De Bry “Francis Drake attacks Praia, Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands" - 1599 12th century and earlier Beautiful and early original engraving

Beautiful and early original engraving showing the tattooed face of a Maori New Zealand warrior

then light fires

Guillaume Postel (1510 – 1581) was one of the foremost scholars of his day

established in 1859 under Bishop Selwyn to serve as the central training and printing station for the Anglican Melanesian Mission

" This engraving shows Pizarro appealing to the dignitaries in the royal court and symbolically

De Bry “Francis Drake attacks Praia, Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands" - 1599 12th century and earlier Beautiful and early original engraving"Francis Drake attacks Praia in the Cape Verde Islands" Original Copperplate Engraving Theodore De Bry (1528 1598) Page 9. 5 x 13 inches (23 x 33cm) Image 8. 5 x 6 inches (22 x 15cm) 1599 Good condition Some toning and marks to page Verso blank This is an original plate from Part 8 of De Bry's famous set of "Grands Voyages". Alongside other voyages, this part described the famous cirucumnavigation of the world by Drake. This is plate 6 from the series