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Theodor de Bry

Theodor de Bry (also Theodorus de Bry) (1528 – 27 March 1598) was an engraver, goldsmith, editor and publisher, famous for his depictions of early European expeditions to the Americas. The Spanish Inquisition forced de Bry , a Protestant, to flee his native, Spanish-controlled Southern Netherlands. He moved around Europe, starting from his birth on the city of Liège in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, then to Strasbourg, Antwerp, London and Frankfurt, where he settled.

Theodor de Bry

1528

27 March 1598 (aged 69–70)

Engraving

Collectiones peregrinatiorum in Indiam orientalem et Indiam occidentalem (1590–1633)

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.

anti-Spanish propaganda

Black Legend

(in French).

Théodore de Bry of Liège: portrait, biography, masterpieces

Les collections artistiques de l'Université de Liège

(in French)

La Renaissance liègeoise et la lutte contre la réforme

Theodore de Bry and his illustrated Voyages and Travels

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Contents of Grands Voyages, by Theodore de Bry. German and Latin Editions

Archived 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Early Expeditions to the New World.

De Bry's Grand Voyages

Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine.

The Roanoke Colony of "Virginia" from De Bry's Grand Voyages

Index of White watercolors/De Bry Engravings

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Picturing the new World: Hand-colored DeBry Engravings of 1590

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama)

Grand Voyages prints

Johan Theodor de Bry in Rijksmuseum

One of the largest collection of de Brys prints available to date

with comments from Matthieu Bernhardt, Bodmer Lab, University of Geneva

The Latin version of Théodore de Bry’s Voyages on line (in its entirety)

California State Library - Sutro Library catalog record of De Bry's Grand Voyages.