Quomodo Guiani av. Reas suas imagines funderesoleant. XVII.

Title

Quomodo Guiani av. Reas suas imagines funderesoleant. XVII.

First edition from the 8th book, part 3 - Sir Walter Raleigh in search of El Dorado in the year 1595. Back side without text.

ca. 1599

Artist

Bry, de (1528-1598)

Theodor de Bry (1528–1598) was a Frankfurt-based engraver and publisher who, beginning in 1590, produced two of the most important early modern travel collections: the West Indian (America) and East Indian voyages. Richly illustrated with copper engravings and published in both German and Latin, these works were aimed at a European audience. With the help of his sons, Johann Theodor and Johann Israel, de Bry published six volumes before his death. The project was continued by his descendants until 1634, ultimately comprising 25 volumes with over 1,500 engravings. In 1594, he famously depicted Columbus's arrival in the New World. The West Indian series (1590–1618) chronicled the European discovery and conquest of the Americas, while the East Indian series followed the rise of Dutch trade power in Asia around 1600.

Historical Description

The name Guyana" was derived from the original name of the Guiana region. The region includes Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and parts of Venezuela and Brazil. Today's Guyana consisted of the colonies Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice founded by the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries. The ownership of these areas changed several times between the colonial powers Netherlands, Great Britain and France until 1815. After the defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte, the three colonies were transferred to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In 1831 the colony of British Guiana was founded from this. The British geologist and topographer Charles B. Brown traveled to the largely unexplored hinterland of the region between Suriname and Venezuela from 1868 to 1871 on behalf of the colonial administration. Brown was commissioned with the exact measurement of the river courses and geological investigations. Thanks to his 40-month research trips in the tropical rainforest, numerous local settlements, deposits of mineral resources and topographical features in the interior of the country were documented. Guyana finally achieved independence from the United Kingdom on May 1966.