THEODORE DE BRY
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THEODORE DE BRY

THE NEW WORLD. 45TH ED.

TISE, LARRY E. / VAN GROESEN, MICHIEL

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TASCHEN
Año de edición:
2026
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ISBN:
978-3-8365-9853-8
Páginas:
480
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When Flemish engraver and publisher Theodore de Bry issued the first volume of his America series in 1590, the New World was truly novel for most Europeans. Gleaned from the travel accounts of adventurers like Thomas Harriot, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir Walter Raleigh, De Bry’s magnificent engravings brought the new continent and its inhabitants to an enraptured audience across the Atlantic.

From “Virginia” (today’s North Carolina) and Florida to Central America and down into Patagonia, the first nine volumes of America depict scenery and encounters between Native Americans and Europeans, revealing the latter’s perceptions of the former. Portrayals of European discovery and Native American customs were based on the explorers’ reports as well as De Bry’s own imagination – he himself never traveled to the New World. Although based in Frankfurt, De Bry laid the foundations of the series while in London, collaborating with artists John White and Jacques Le Moyne, whose original watercolors he adapted for the opening two volumes. With his sons, De Bry formed a family enterprise known for exquisite copper engravings and high-quality illustrations unrivaled in their mastery.

The legacy of America is profound, coloring Europe’s earliest visions of the Atlantic world. Throughout the following centuries, countless European illustrations would draw inspiration from the spectacular collection. TASCHEN’s edition pays homage to De Bry’s finesse, reprinting all 218 plates from the first nine volumes alongside their respective frontispieces and continental maps. Volumes I to VI are based on the original hand-colored editions held at the John Hay and John Carter Brown Libraries at Brown University in Providence; volumes VII to IX are from the Staats- und Stadtbibliothek in Augsburg, Germany.

Exceptionally rare even at the time of completion, De Bry’s hand-colored America can finally be admired by all.

Cuando en 1590 el grabador y editor flamenco Theodore de Bry publicó el primer volumen de su serie América, el Nuevo Mundo era, para la mayoría de los europeos, realmente nuevo. Los magníficos grabados de De Bry, que ilustran relatos de viajes de aventureros como Thomas Harriot y Sir Walter Raleigh, acercaron el nuevo continente y sus habitantes a un público fascinado al otro lado del Atlántico.

Desde Virginia (hoy Carolina del Norte) y Florida hasta la Patagonia, pasando por América Central, los primeros nueve volúmenes de América presentan paisajes y encuentros entre nativos americanos y europeos, que revelan las percepciones de estos últimos acerca de los primeros. Las representaciones del descubrimiento europeo y de las costumbres y prácticas de los nativos americanos se basaron tanto en informes e impresiones de los exploradores, como en la propia imaginación de De Bry, ya que nunca viajó al Nuevo Mundo. Aunque afincado en Frankfurt, De Bry había vivido en Amberes y Estrasburgo, y sentó las bases de la serie en Londres mientras trabajaba con los artistas John White y Jacques Le Moyne, cuyas acuarelas originales adaptó para los dos primeros volúmenes. Junto a sus hijos, formó una empresa familiar conocida por sus exquisitos grabados e ilustraciones de calidad inigualable.

América tuvo una profunda influencia en la visión europea del mundo atlántico. A lo largo de los siglos siguientes, innumerables ilustraciones de artistas europeos se inspirarían en esta espectacular colección. Esta edición de TASCHEN rinde homenaje a la delicadeza de De Bry con la reimpresión de las 218 láminas de los primeros nueve volúmenes junto con sus respectivos frontispicios y mapas continentales. Los volúmenes I a VI se basan en las ediciones originales coloreadas a mano conservadas en las bibliotecas John Hay y John Carter Brown de la Brown University en Providence; los volúmenes VII a IX, en las ediciones de la Staats- und Stadtbibliothek en Augsburg (Alemania).

La fascinación por las ediciones coloreadas a mano de América de De Bry, excepcionalmente raras incluso en el momento de su finalización, no ha dejado de aumentar a lo largo de los siglos y, al fin, puede ser admirada por todos.

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