De Bry - "The Straits of Nassau - Nova Zembla" - Barentsz - 1601 - Arctic map sic sanctus vir et bellator

sic sanctus vir et bellator invictus

28 including colophon on final leaf

by way of South Africa and Asia

One of the most decorative 16th Century maps of the British Isles

-Charles I receipt deed for the huge sum of £800 from Baron Sir Charles Mordaunt

De Bry - "The Straits of Nassau - Nova Zembla" - Barentsz - 1601 - Arctic map sic sanctus vir et bellator"The Straits of Nassau Nova Zembla" Original Copperplate Engraving from Latin 1st Edition of1601 Johan Theodore De Bry Image 14x10cm Page 29x19cm Good condition Verso blank This original engraving comes from part 3 of the De Bry's Petits Voyages. This image depicts part of Gerrit de Veer's account of the search for the North West Passage, during the voyage of Willem Barentsz. In 1596 Barentsz succeeded in rounding the northern tip of Nova Zembla, but