The Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590-1634)

Michiel van Groesen, (1975) Ph.D. with honours in History, University of Amsterdam, is lecturer in American History and Early Modern History at this institution. He works on European representations of the overseas world, with particular interest for Dutch images of the Atlantic world.

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. Opening up New Worlds: Sixteenth-Century Travel Literature and Collections of Voyages
2. From Goldsmiths to Publishers: The Transformation of the De Bry Family
3. A Prosperous Publishing House: The De Brys as Booksellers in Frankfurt and Oppenheim
4. The Making of the Collection of Voyages
5. Plants and Animals: The Natural World in the De Bry Collection
6. Native Inhabitants: Physical Appearances and Identities
7. From Gods to Idols: The Expansion of Heathendom
8. Different Representations for Different Readerships: Christianity Reflected
9. The Impact of Censorship: The Index Librorum Expurgatorum and other Indices
10. Selling, Purchasing, and Borrowing: Towards an Understanding of Readership
11. The Impact of the De Bry Collection: Travel Literature and Travel Compendia in the Seventeenth Century

Conclusion

Appendices
1. Publications of the De Bry Firm
2. The Travel Accounts used for the De Bry Collection
3. The Origins of the Engravings in the De Bry Collection

Bibliography
Index of Personal Names