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A chieff Ladye of Pomeiooc [Object]
Hand-coloured copperplate engraving. Plate VIII from de Bry's 'America Part I (Virginia)', part of his 'Les Grands Voyages' series. The plate is based on a watercolour by John White...
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Americae Sive Novi Orbis… (The New World or America…) [Object]
The date of this later issue of Ortelius’s map of the Americas, 1587, is stated in the inscription in the bottom right-hand corner – on the edge of 'Terra Australis',...
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Views of Mexico City (formerly Tenochtitlán) and Cusco from ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’ (Cities of the World) [Object]
Maps of Mexico City and Cusco from ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’. Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Both maps represent the cities and the surrounding hills. Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) was founded by the Aztecs...
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De Somnio Scipionis (Commentary on ‘The Dream of Scipio’) [Object]
A twelfth-century copy of Macrobius’s popular book, first written early in the 5th century CE. Small folio, diced russia. Hand-coloured manuscript on vellum illustrated by a series of fine illuminated...
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Title page of ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ [Object]
The title page from one of the most influential publications of the Age of Discovery, bearing witness to the importance of printed matter in the sixteenth century. Although the title-page of...
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America sive novus orbis… (America or the New World…) [Object]
Circular map of the Americas. Hand-coloured copperplate engraving with Latin text. Born in the Spanish Netherlands, Theodor De Bry came from a family of jewellers and engravers. A religious dissenter, he...
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Oceanus Occidentalis Terra Nova (The Western Ocean and the New World) [Object]
This hand-coloured woodcut map of the New World is a later version of the first edition of 1513, also in the museum collection, known as ‘The Admiral’s Map’ – the...
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Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio (Map of the Northern Hemisphere) [Object]
Mercator’s map of the Arctic, with its curious depiction of the North Pole, was first published in 1595 in Duisburg, a year after his death, by his son Rumold. Museum...
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Their sitting at meate [Object]
Hand-coloured copperplate engraving. Plate XVI from de Bry's 'America Part I (Virginia)', part of his 'Les Grands Voyages' series. The plate is based on a watercolour by John White...
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Latest blog posts
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January 20, 2021
American Museum & Gardens Director Richard Wendorf to retire at the end of the year
The Chairman of the American Museum & Gardens, Gareth Thomas, has announced that Richard Wendorf intends to retire as Director […]
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December 17, 2020
Help us to recreate the 1970s
As part of our next exhibition for Spring 2021 we are recreating a lounge and a dining room inspired by […]
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November 18, 2020
Keeping a roof over our heads
A recent survey has uncovered the need for urgent roof repairs to Claverton Manor in order to prevent damage to […]
