De Bry - ”An Elephant, A Rhinoceros and a Crocodile” - 1601 - Linschoten - India 13th century with this work “Chinese Dialogues”

with this work “Chinese Dialogues” being the first English (or European) work printed in Shanghai

The left hand column (Red roman numerals) is the Golden number

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This Lovely map of the British Isles and Ireland by Abraham Ortelius is based on the mapping of Gerard Mercator

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De Bry - ”An Elephant, A Rhinoceros and a Crocodile” - 1601 - Linschoten - India 13th century with this work “Chinese Dialogues”"An Elephant, A Rhinoceros and a Crocodile" Original Copperplate Engraving from 1601 Johan Theodore De Bry Image 14x10cm Page 29x19cm Good condition Modern Colour Verso blank This original engraving comes from part 4 of the De Bry's Petits Voyages. This part described, amongst other travel accounts, Linschotens description of the fauna and flora of India and the East. This plate depicts an Elephant, a Rhinoceros, and a Crocodile. This is Plate 7 from