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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, [ citation needed ] a Protestant , to flee his native, Spanish -controlled Southern Netherlands .
An illustration of Spanish atrocities by Theodor de Bry. Theodor de Bry's work is characteristic of the anti-Spanish propaganda that emerged in Protestant countries such as the United Provinces and England at the end of the 16th century as a result of the strong commercial and military rivalry with the Spanish Empire.
De Bry was born in Strasbourg, the elder son and pupil of Dirk de Bry.He greatly assisted his father in works such as, the Florilegium novum, which was published at Frankfort in 1612, and, with the assistance of his brother Johannes Israel, he completed the two volumes of Boissard's 'Romanae urbis Topographia et Antiquitates,' which were left unfinished at his father's death.
Colored copperplate by Theodor de Bry, published in the "Relación brevissima de la destruccion de las Indias". His account was responsible for the passage of the new Spanish colonial laws known as the New Laws of 1542 , which abolished native slavery for the first time in European colonial history and led to the Valladolid debate .
English: "The Carte of All the Coast of Virginia," engraving by Theodor de Bry based on John White's map of the coast of Virginia and North Carolina circa 1585-1586. de Bry's engraving was published in Thomas Hariot's "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia," published in 1588 and in Vol. 1 of Theodore de Bry’s Great Voyages, printed in French, English and German.
Atalanta Fugiens or Atalanta Fleeing is an emblem book with an alchemical theme by Michael Maier (1568–1622), published by Johann Theodor de Bry in Oppenheim in 1617 (2nd edition 1618). It consists of 50 discourses with illustrations by Matthias Merian , each of which is accompanied by an epigrammatic verse , prose and a musical fugue .
In August, rumors began swirling of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members taking over the apartment complex and forcing tenants to pay them rent money. Aurora police later confirmed that the ...
The 46th emblem from Johann Theodor de Bry's Emblemata saecularia with the theme of mutual support "The Blind Man and the Lame" is a fable that recounts how two individuals collaborate in an effort to overcome their respective disabilities. The theme is first attested in Greek about the first century BCE.