Lot #: 48854
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Description
Woodcut map of the Americas, which was published in three states. The first in Antwerp by Iuan Steelsio in 1554 in “La Historia General de las Indias”, written by the historian and priest Francisco López de Gómara (1511–ca1566), who was Hernán Cortés’ secretary and chaplain, describing the early 16th century expedition undertaken by Hernán Cortés in the Spanish conquest of the New World; and the second and third in Antwerp by Jean Bellère in 1566, 1567 and 1583 in “De Peruviae, Regionis, inter novi orbis provincias celeberrimae, inventione, et rebus in eadem gestis. Libri V. Brevis, exactaque novi orbis et Peruviae regionis chorographia”, written by the Flemish monk Levinus Apollonius Gandobruganus (-1570), describing the Spanish conquests of Mexico and Peru.
Our map is the second state with “Peru” written horizontally, embellished with a double-headed eagle holding the coat of arms of Castile and Leon and flanked by the pillars of Hercules, several ships and sea monsters, and four wind heads.
The map is filled with place names along the coastlines, an uncommon feature for a map of this region in the mid-sixteenth century. The detail in North America was derived from the explorations of Ayllon, Gomes and Fagundes. Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon was a Spanish explorer who initiated the first European attempt to establish a settlement in the area now known as the United States.
In 1526 Ayllon established the colony of San Miguel de Gualdape in what is believed to be either present-day Georgia or South Carolina. Ayllon died in the settlement, which lasted only a few months due to a scarcity of supplies and harsh winter. Just north of Florida, C. d. S. Roman, B. del Principe, and C. d. Trafalgar are nomenclatures from Ayllon's explorations.
Estevao Gomes was a Portuguese cartographer and explorer who sailed at the service of Spain in 1524 in search of a northern route to reach the lucrative spice trade in the Orient, typically known as the elusive Northwest Passage. After reaching Cabot Strait and Cape Breton, Gomes turned south and is believed to have traveled as far as the mouth of the Hudson River.
It is likely that B. d. S. Christoval, named for St. Christopher, and R. d. Buena Madre, named for Saint Anne, was derived from Gomes' accounts, as Gomes is reported to have landed at those locations on the saints' days.
Little is known of Portuguese explorer Joao Alvares Fagundes, although he is acknowledged as exploring the areas around Newfoundland and Nova Scotia from 1520-21.
Santelmo (most likely the St. Lawrence River), C. Raso (Cape Race) and Islas de las Virgines are believed to be based on Fagundes' reports. In Bellere's map, North America is shown with several large mountain ranges but without a West coast. The Azores islands are depicted much too close to North America.
In South America, the Amazon River begins south of the Rio de la Plata and flows north, closely resembling Giacomo Gastaldi's world map of 1546. The only other interior details in South America are several mountain ranges and early depictions of three llamas.
Jean Bellère was born in 1526 at Liège (present-day Belgium) and died on 15 October 1595 at Antwerp (present-day Belgium). He was a publisher, printer and editor in Antwerp, which was an important center of publishing in the 16th century.
His printing/publishing business was continued in Antwerp after his widow and heirs died, but eventually moved by his son Balthasar Bellère to Douai (present-day France) where he had already established himself a few years before his father’s death.
Provenance : With the ownership stamp on the verso of well-known Julio Firmino Judice Biker (1814-1899), who was the head archivist of the Portuguese Foreign Office Records (Arquivo Historico do Ministerio dos Negocios Estrangeiros), and whose magnus opus is the “Collecção Dos Tratados, Convenções, Contratos E Actos Publicos Celebrados Entre a Coroa De Portugal”, published in 1880.
Lisbon, Dr. António Tavares de Carvalho, privite USA and London collections.
Reference: Burden #20.
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