De Bry - " How the Indians cross rivers" 1601 - Acosta - Peru - Pumpkin raft(!) books -Includes the folding chart of

-Includes the folding chart of Cook's voyage around the Antarctic and the portrait of James Cook

Others crossed rivers by sitting astride a bundle of reeds and punting across with two wooden poles

Some general toning to pages

During the voyage to the Southern Seas he visits the imaginary lands of Carpulia

Diptych Title page plus 31 Oban Diptychs (64 sheets in total) describing 27 scenes from the famous Samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s life

De Bry - " How the Indians cross rivers" 1601 - Acosta - Peru - Pumpkin raft(!) books -Includes the folding chart of"How the Indians cross rivers" Original Copperplate Engraving Theodore De Bry Page 9. 5 x 13 inches (23 x 33cm) Image 8. 5 x 6 inches (22 x 15cm) 1602 (This image is from the Latin 1st Edition) Good condition some mild toning and marks to page. Verso blank More recent colour This is an original plate from Part 9 of De Bry's famous set of "Grands Voyages". This part contained an early translation of Acosta's famous "Historia natural y moral de las