Description: When the New World was really new, Theodore de Bry drew inspiration from history's great explorers to record its wonders. From Virginia and Florida to Brazil, his engravings captivated the European imagination with freshly discovered landscapes, customs, and peoples from the accounts of adventurers such as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.
Brief description:
Larry E. Tise is a historian and author who has held senior posts with the North Carolina Division of Archives and History and the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, among others. From 2000 to 2015, he served as the Wilbur and Orville Wright Distinguished Professor at East Carolina University, thereafter continuing as adjunct Research Professor. His research centres on early modern exploration, particularly Thomas Harriot and Sir Walter Raleigh, and on the origins of flight. From 2004 to 2025, he examined hand-colored De Bry editions in major American and European research libraries.
Review Quotes: "Europe's eye-popping first glimpse of the Americas."-- "The Spectator"