Prints, Drawings & Paintings
Prints, Drawings & Paintings
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| Collection |
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society |
| Date |
1602 |
| Abstract |
One print from a nine part series by Theodore de Bry entitled Historia Americae sive Novi Orbis, or Grand Voyages. This print illustrates a train of llamas loaded with ore from the mines ready to carry it to the city of Potosi for refining (Plate 4, from Part IX, published 1602 with German text). |
| Object ID |
2006.004.0005 |
| Object Type |
Print |
| Title |
The Strange Sheep-like Creatures that Carried the Silver-Ore |
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Last modified on: December 21, 2010
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