Braun & Hogenberg

AR 38510

Mexico City and Cusco, Peru

"Mexico" - "Mexico, Regia Celebris Hispaniae Novae Civitas"

"Cusco" - "Cusco, Regni Peru in Novo Orbe Caput"

Orig. coloured copper engraving by Braun & Hogenberg, Latin edition, Cologne about 1572, size of each view ca. 27 x 23,3 - 24 cm.

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Two ancient bird's-eye-views on a double-page: Mexico City (capital city of Mexico) and Cusco (in Peru – the historic capital of the Inca Empire).

Georg Braun (1541 – 1622) & Frans Hogenberg (1535 – 1590)

Georg Braun (1541 - 1622). Publisher and geographer. Frans Hogenberg (1535 - 1590). Engraver and publisher. Edited together the first atlas with views and town plans of the world, 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', which was published in 6 volumes in Cologne from 1572 (till 1618).

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