Histoire Naturelle Des Indes. The Drake Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library - Brian, Patrick O' (Foreword by)
The Drake Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library
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In 1983, The Pierpont Morgan Library received, as the bequest of Clara S. Peck, an extraordinary volume whose beautiful paintings and descriptions document the plant, animal, and human life of the Caribbean late in the sixteenth century. Spaniards had already begun to exert influence over the indigenous people of the area when explorers from England and France arrived, among them Sir Francis Drake. The book, known as "The Drake Manuscript", and titled Histoire Naturelle des Indes when it was bound in the ei...
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1996 Uitgever: W.W. Norton & Company 272 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0393039943 ISBN-13: 9780393039948Koop dit boek tweedehands
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