"The Departure of Benzoni from Cadiz / SanLucar" - 1594 - De Bry Engravings Nikko is an important city

Nikko is an important city in Japanese culture as it contains famous onsen and the mausoleum of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu

here with the second issue title page depicting Neptune

who spent much of his life producing illustrations for Ehon and musha-e images

430 x 590mm

USTC 693723 (no copies in USA)

"The Departure of Benzoni from Cadiz / SanLucar" - 1594 - De Bry Engravings Nikko is an important city"The Departure of Benzoni from Cadiz San Lucar" 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) 1594 Good condition Verso Blank This plate comes from Benzoni's work which describes his 15 years on the isthmus of America, in Panama and Nicaragua. Benzoni, an Italian, acted as a mediator between different nations. The work describes life of the first nations of Central