The representations of the overseas world in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590-1634) / by Michiel van Groesen.

Leiden : Brill, 2012.

xiii, 563 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-549) and index.

Opening up new worlds : sixteenth-century travel literature and collections of voyages -- From goldsmiths to publishers : The transformation of the De Bry family -- A prosperous publishing house : The De Brys as booksellers in Frankfurt and Oppenheim -- The making of the collection of voyages -- Plants and animals : The natural world in the De Bry collection -- Native inhabitants : physical appearances and identities -- From gods to idols : The expansion of heathendom -- Different representations for different readerships : Christianity reflected -- The impact of censorship : the Index Librorum Expurgatorum and other indices -- Selling, purchasing, and borrowing : towards an understanding of readership -- The impact of the De Bry collection : Travel literature and travel compendia in the seventeenth century.