DE BRY, Th. - Occidentalis Americae partis.

The most beautifully engraved early map of the Caribbean, including Florida and the Southeast, includes representations of Columbus' ships and various notes regarding his discoveries. It appeared in Book IV of De Bry's Grands Voyages with text by Benzoni.
De Bry's work, more than any other illustrated text up to its time, shaped the way Europeans pictured the New World and its inhabitants during the Discovery Period.
Florida is shown flattened in the south after LeMoyne.
Two threatening sea monsters appear in the sea, and "Charybdis Magna," or a large whirlpool, is noted north of Cuba.

It is highly decorative, with an elaborate rococo title, cartouche, and floral border.