Schiffart in Brasilien in America, darinn deß Autoris Reiß / auch viel frembde Thiere und Gewächß / den unseren ganz unbekandt / beschrieben werden:

Title

Schiffart in Brasilien in America, darinn deß Autoris Reiß / auch viel frembde Thiere und Gewächß / den unseren ganz unbekandt / beschrieben werden:

Cover by Theodor de Bry, America, Third Book.

c. 1593

Artist

Bry, de - Staden (1528-1598)

Bry De,Theodorus (1528-1598) Frankfurt am Main, 1570 Theodor de Bry moved to Frankfurt am Main with his family and set up an engraving and publishing business. Between 1586 and 1588 he stayed in London, worked with the geographer Richard Hakluyt and began to collect reports and illustrations from various European exploratory expeditions. After his return in 1589, he and his sons drew up plans for new publications. From 1590 to 1634, Theodor de Bry published two of the most important collections of travelogues of the early modern period in Frankfurt. The Travels in the West Indies (also known as the History of America) and the Travels in the East Indies. The entire collection was published under the title: Collectiones peregrinationum in Indiam Orientalem et Indiam Occidentalem XXV partibus comprehensae. Opus illustratum figuris aeneis Fratrum de Bry et Meriani. In these and other works, de Bry was assisted by his two sons Johann Theodor (1561-1623) and Johann Israel (1570-1611). The two collections of travelogues published by Theodor de Bry in Frankfurt are among the most important of the early modern period and established his reputation with posterity: Columbus' Arrival in the New World (1594). The West Indian Voyages (published between 1590 and 1618) recount the discovery and conquest of America by Europeans, while the East Indian Voyages tell of the rise of Holland as a trading power in Asia around 1600. Both series were published in German and Latin, were intended for a European audience and were richly illustrated with copperplate engravings. Theodor de Bry was only able to publish six parts of his complete works. After his death, his sons Johann Theodor and Johann Israel and then Johann Theodor's son-in-law Matthäus Merian continued the work until 1634. In the end, it contained 25 parts and over 1500 engravings. The brothers were succeeded as engravers and publishers by Sebastian Furck. Hans Staden (ca. 1525 - ca. 1576) was a German soldier and explorer who traveled to South America in the middle of the 16th century, where he was captured by the Tupinambá people in Brazil. He managed to survive and return safely to Europe. In his widely read account of his journey and captivity, he claimed that the natives who held him captive practiced cannibalism.

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