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German woodcut engraving, early 1600s, showing a European male and native (bare-chested) woman with

Currency:USD Category:Art / Medium - Woodcut Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
German woodcut engraving, early 1600s, showing a European male and native (bare-chested) woman with
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German woodcut engraving, early 1600s, showing a European male and native (bare-chested) woman with infant in foreground and 5 galleons in harbor surrounded by armies on land in background, titled at top "Quintero," with marginal notes on back in pencil indicating a location off Chile, probably from a 1655 book entitled Neue Welt und Americanische Historien, by Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt (Frankfurt am Main). 8" x 6-1/4". Cut out of a larger page (with German text on back), the scene very well detailed, in excellent condition, rare.