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1590–1634 Bry (Theodore de). Collectiones peregrinatiorum in Indiam orientalem et Indiam occidentalem, XIII partibus comprehenso a Theodoro, Joan-Theodoro de Bry, et a Matheo Merian publicatae. Francofurti. 1590–1634. Fol. (Parts I to VI, edited and illustrated by T. de Bry, parts VII to IX by his
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De Bry created a large number of engraved illustrations for his books. Most of his books were based on first-hand observations by explorers, even if De Bry himself, acting as a recorder of information, never visited the Americas. To modern eyes, many of the illustrations seem formal but detailed.
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made adjustments to both the texts and the illustrations of the original accounts, on the one hand in function of his own understanding of Le Moyne's paintings, and, most importantly, to please potential buyers. The Latin and German editions varied markedly, in accordance with the differences in
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the Younger (1495–1590), who were jewellers and engravers, engraving copper plates. The art of copper plate engraving was the technology required at that time for printing images and drawings as part of books. In 1524 Thiry de Bry the Younger married Catherine le Blavier, daughter of Conrad le
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1596 (America. Part VI.) Historiae ab A. Bezono ... scriptae, sectio tertio....in hac reperies qua natione Hispani... Peruani regni provincias occuparint, capto rege Atabaliba, etc. (3d part of G. Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo.) Map and plates, 2 parts. Frankfurt. 1596.
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His work and engravings can today be consulted at many museums around the world, including Liège, his birthplace, and at Brussels in Belgium. In France, they are housed at the Library of the Marine Historical Service at the
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on the outskirt of Paris. In the US, there are copies at the Public Library of New York, at the University of California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere. In Argentina, it is possible to find copies at the Museo Maritimo de
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look like Mediterranean Europeans, and illustrations mix different tribal customs and artifacts. In addition to day-to-day life of the American natives, Theodore de Bry even included a few depictions of
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series, as well as many other illustrated works on a wide range of subjects. His books were published in Latin, and were also translated into German, English and French to reach a wider reading public.
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1599 (America. Part VII). Descriptionem trium itinerum. . .equitis F. Draken....J. Hauckens.. .G. Ralegh ... in Latinum sermonem conversaauctore G. Artus. Maps and plates. 3 pt. Francofurti. 1599. Fol.
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in Tierra del Fuego and at the Navy Department of Historic Studies in Buenos Aires. In Scotland, eleven titles are listed in the catalogue of Edinburgh University Library (Special Collections).
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A briefe and true Report of the new found Land of Virginia: The complete 1590 edition with 28 engravings by Theodor de Bry, after the drawings of John White and other illustrations
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In 1588, Theodorus and his family moved permanently to Frankfurt-am-Main, where he became a citizen and began to plan his first publications. The most famous one is known as
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of that time (16th century), where he further developed and used his skills as a copper engraver. Between 1585 and 1588 he lived in London, where he met the geographer
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Archives of the De Bry family of Belgium who has a direct genealogical connection with Theodorus de Bry, via brotherhood with his father, Thiry de Bry the young.
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attack the mission after Gonzalo de Ocampo's slaving raid. Colored copperplate by Theodor de Bry, published in the "Relación brevissima de las indias".
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1602 (America. Part IX). De novi orbis natura (by J.de Acosta). Accessit... S. de Weert and...O. a. Noort ....Plates. 5 pt. Francofurti. 1602. Fol.
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Theodore de Bry became a Protestant, and in 1570 was sentenced to perpetual banishment and his goods were confiscated. He moved to
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The verisimilitude of many of de Bry's illustrations is questionable; not least because he never crossed the Atlantic.
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1601 (German edition). Yon Gelegenheit der elemente natur de Neuer Welt. J. H. v. Linschoten. Frankfurt. 1601. Fol.
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Lauren Beck, "Illustrating the Conquest in the Long Eighteenth Century: Theodore de Bry and His Legacy," in
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Henry Keazor: "'Charting the autobiographical, selfregarding subject'? Theodor De Brys Selbstbildnis", in:
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Berichten, Erzählen, Beherrschen - Wahrnehmung und Repräsentation in der frühen Kolonialgeschichte Europas
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sons, Johann Theodor and Johann Israel de B.; parts X to XII by J. T. de B., and part XIII by M.Merian.)
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and began to collect stories and illustrations of various European explorations, most notably from
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Book Illustration in the Long Eighteenth Century: Reconfiguring the Visual Periphery of the Text
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and other significant publications, like Robert Fludd's works on the microcosm and macrocosm.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Icon and Conquest: A Structural Analysis of the Illustrations of the de Bry's Great Voyages
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Commentary by Tom Conley, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, The Newberry Library, 1990"
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The Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages (1590–1634)
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Blavier de Jemeppe. Their son, Theodore de Bry, also became a jeweller and engraver.
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California State Library - Sutro Library catalog record of De Bry's Grand Voyages.
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In 1590 Theodorus de Bry and his sons published a new, illustrated edition of
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Contents of Grands Voyages, by Theodore de Bry. German and Latin Editions
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The Latin version of Théodore de Bry’s Voyages on line (in its entirety)
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Collectiones peregrinatiorum in Indiam orientalem et Indiam occidentalem
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Narratio Regionum indicarum per Hispanos Quosdam devastatarum verissima
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Among other works he engraved a set of twelve plates illustrating the
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about the first English settlements in North America (in modern-day
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Le Théâtre du Nouveau Monde: Les grands Voyages de Théodore de Bry
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Theatres of Cruelty: Wars of Religion, Violence, and The New World
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One of the largest collection of de Brys prints available to date
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Picturing the new World: Hand-colored DeBry Engravings of 1590
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The Roanoke Colony of "Virginia" from De Bry's Grand Voyages
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Engraving of Columbus, the discoverer of the New World, 1594
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Théodore de Bry of Liège: portrait, biography, masterpieces
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this was already a very common element in images showing a
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A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
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in 1587, and a set of thirty-four plates illustrating the
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A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
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A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
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16th century engraver and publisher from Liège (1528–1598)
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Theodore de Bry and his illustrated Voyages and Travels
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La Renaissance liègeoise et la lutte contre la réforme
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1591. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <
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Scan of an engraved self-portrait of Theodorus de Bry
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Les collections artistiques de l'Université de Liège
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1602 (Latin and German edition). Francofurti. 1602.
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1613 (Second German edition). Frankfurt. 1613. Fol.
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