"A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa And of the countries that border rounde about the same" - 1597 - John Wolfe 15th century eiconibus in aes incisis ac

eiconibus in aes incisis ac ad vivum expressis illustrata

et noverat mysteria Domini

This title page introduces the sixth part of De Bry's Grands Voyages

and the early Portuguese presence in the East

and although the author remains unidentified

"A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa And of the countries that border rounde about the same" - 1597 - John Wolfe 15th century eiconibus in aes incisis ac"A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa And of the countries that border rounde about the same" Printed in London, John Wolfe, 1597 Translated by Abraham Hartwell pp. [20], 215, [3]: [fleuron]4, *4, 2*2, A 2E4 (Lacking 2 blank leaves: 2*2 and A1 ) 10 full page woodblock illustrations including the first English image of a Zebra and an early depiction of a banana tree. Two Maps not present 18th Century Calf (rebacked) with marbled end