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Pineapple, Bettel, palma dactylifera, Samaca & Mango.
These are all Indian fruits, of which the pineapple has the best flavour and aroma. The Bettel plant is also shown here climbing up long rods and canes, just as the peppe...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Plants, including the canior, diringuo, pucho and chiabe.
In the Indies there are many delightful plants, which include the ‘costus indicus’ (named by the Malays 'pucho') that has a wonderful aroma. Then there is the ‘cala...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The trees that bear Cayus and Jambos and other plants.
Here are shown two trees that produce good fruits but it is the Jambos that is the best and most beautiful according to written accounts. Also shown is how the Perrer pla...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The bamboo, the tree of roots and the Durian fruit.
In India there is a kind of cane, known as Bambus, which has a stem as thick as a human leg. This is used for many things as it is light and yet strong. There is also a k...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The extraordinary 'Abore Triste' tree of India.
In India there is an extraordinary tree, known as the 'Abore Triste', which is regarded as one of God's miracles. This tree flowers for a whole year but only at night tim...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Illustrations of Lancuas, Fagaras, Lacca and Cuci fructa.
Common in Bali, Java and Sunda is a plant known as the great Galanga or Galigam. The natives, however, call it Lancuas. The fagaras, particularly found in Sunda, looks li...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
A picture of various trees including the palm tree.
The Jacca fruit grows only on the trunk of the tree, not on its branches, rather like the fruit of the palmates. Then there is a fruit that grows in abundance in Bali, wh...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Birds and fish seen during the voyage to India.
During their voyage to India many strange birds were seen, for example, the 'Garayos' that were the size of a chicken, the 'Rabos de Juncos' that are white and about the ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The bird called 'Eeme' and other creatures of India.
Especially on the island of Java and in India, is found a strange bird, called an 'Eeme'. It is almost as large as an ostrich with strong and sturdy legs but it has no to...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The carcapuli, canella de mato and cassia solutiva.
The ‘caarcapuli’ that grows on the island of Sunda is a tasty, cherry-sized fruit. The Canella de mato that grows in abundance in the forests of Java is wild cinnamon...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Some of the animals that are found in India.
Although most elephants are found in Ethiopia, there are also many in India too. They are called 'Caffres' by the inhabitants and are slaughtered for their tusks, which t...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
![XXI. Festorum Quorundam Aliorum in Pegu. (Other festivities in the kingdom of Pegu]](/uploads/cache/29797-250x250.jpg)
XXI. Festorum Quorundam Aliorum in Pegu. (Other festivities in the kingdom of Pegu]
Among their many festivals, the Peguans had a particular one called Sapan Daiche – the Festival of Water. The king arrived at a certain place where everyone sprinkled e...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
![XX. Festum Regis in Pegu Solenne. [The king of Pegu's festival]](/uploads/cache/29796-250x250.jpg)
XX. Festum Regis in Pegu Solenne. [The king of Pegu's festival]
The king of Pegu's festival. In Pegu there are many festivals. The most important one is known as Sapan Giachie. On that day, the king appeared, dressed in the most festi...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
XVII. Proditorum in Pegu Supplicium.
Human torture in Pegu, now Myanmar. After his stay in the Indian city of Goa, Van Linschoten set out for Europe with a Portuguese return fleet in 1588. One of the ships w...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
XXII. Sepulturae Regum et Sacerdotum in Pegu delineatio. (The funerals of kings and priests in Pegu)
When a king dies, his friends call for a special boat. This is a kind of double boat, like a catamaran, with a gilded roof overhead, under which is a gilded framework upo...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Lusitani in India deseruntur in Lecticis.
The way how the Portuguese carried a noble man in India from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeare...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Peregrinationes noctu devotionis ergo à Lusitanis in India susceptae.
Showing Portuguese family in India from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book....
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Quo habitu vulgus Lusitanorum in India per publicum incedat. (Portuguese citizens and soldiers in Goa)
This famous and desirable scene is showing comportment and dress of the Portuguese citizens and soldiers in East India as they appear in the streets from 1599. From Part ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
XV. Ratio Homines Ex Uno Loco In alium gestandi.
Scene in the kingdom of Pegu, now Myanmar, showing elephant, ships and locals.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
XVI. Magnificentiae Regis In Pegu, et Quomodo. . .
A scene in the kingdom of Pegu, now Myanmar, shows elephants, ships, and locals. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
![XIX. Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. [How elephants are caught in Pegu]](/uploads/cache/29795-250x250.jpg)
XIX. Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. [How elephants are caught in Pegu]
How elephants are caught in Pegu. The king of Pegu had a particular method of transporting elephants. He had a great enclosure built of strong wooden posts, with a trap d...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Seqvuntur Iam Icones ad Alteram Huius operis navigationem. . . (Water pump)
Illustration from seventh part of De Bry’s Petits Voyages, including Gasparo Balbi's voyage to Pegu via Syria in 1579-1588. The plate is showing a water pump driven by ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Naves Chinensibus usitatae velis arundineis & anchoris ligneis.
A Chinese vessel. Print taken from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. Fro...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Quomodo Lusitanorum vxores & filiae deserrantur per publicum.
The way how the Portuguese carried a noble lady in India from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appear...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Funeral in China.
A scene of a funeral in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Feast of China.
A scene of a Chinese dinner feast from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Punishment of a criminal in China.
Punishment of a criminal in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Punishment of China.
The Chinese way of a punishment from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. Fr...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
A Parade of Noblemen in China.
This famous and desirable scene from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. Fr...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
I. Delineatio convivii a Ternatensium rege Generali Neccio exhibiti.
This famous and desirable scene from Roelof Roelofsz's narrative of a voyage by J.C. van Neck to Ternate.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compi...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, Wolfgangi Richteri, 1607
XXVII. Triremes seu Galiottae et Fustae Iavenenfium. 21. ( A typical Javanese man-of-war ship)
A typical Javanese man-of-war ship. The Javanese call their man-of-war ships, Cathurs. The slaves are all seated below deck and do the rowing with oars, while the warrior...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
IX. Repraesentatio Piscationum Diurnarum.
Fishing offshore at the coasts of Guinea. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Piscationum Ternatensis.
Fishing scene on Ternate island, Maluku, Indonesia.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![Repraesentatio Aedificiorum in Benyn, et Quid Praeterea notatu dignum ibi occurrat. [Execution of criminals in Benin.]](/uploads/cache/29834-250x250.jpg)
Repraesentatio Aedificiorum in Benyn, et Quid Praeterea notatu dignum ibi occurrat. [Execution of criminals in Benin.]
Execution of criminals in Benin. According to the text: The town of Benin is quite large and comprises homes with no windows, only open roofs. The more distinguished hous...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Pars Undecima Orientalis III. Quomodo Pembae incolae Anglos aliquot. . .
Finely engraved view of the arrival of Europeans at Pemba iIsland in Zanziba.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Indianorum, Insulae Pugnatan Incolarum. (The natives of the island of Pugnatan)
There was an island called Pugnatan at the western entrance to the Strait of Sudan, where the natives went about completely naked. Like the natives of Brazil, their hair ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Duorum Oppidorum, Ortat.
Early map of the Banda Islands.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Civitatis et Castelli Amboinae.
Early view of Ambon, with 6 Dutch vessels offshore.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Mercatorum Extra. Neorum in Bantam Alia. Effigiatio. (People of Malacca)
People of Malacca.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Habitus Moresque Insulae Sumatra Incolarum. (People of Sumatra)
People of Sumatra.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XVI. Civitas Bantam Tormentis nostris oppugnata . . .
Attack of Bantam (Banten), a city and former sultanate on Java island.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXV. Quo Ritu Bantani Concilia Militaria Agant. 19. (Councils meeting at Bantam)
Councils meeting at Bantam (Banten), a city and former sultanate on Java island. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages ...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
II Pars Indiae Orientalis in qua Johan. Hugonis Linschotani. . .
De Bry's Part II of his "Les Petit Voyages", containing "Pars Indiae Orientalis, in qua Johan. Hugonis Linscotani navagatio in Orientem, 1609", being ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, Wolffgang Richter, 1609
Expressio Germinum Quoque Aliorum, in S. Lavrentii.
Plants found in the island of S. Laurenti [Madagascar]. A’ denotes a tree with only a few twigs on the top. From this tree, canoes and boats are made. ‘B’ is a bush...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
VI. Repraesentatio Bellorum, et Quomodo se ad Illa praeparent. (How the natives fight each other)
This shows how the men go to war and which weapons they use. They hold large square shields, about six feet high and four feet wide, made of cane and fortified with ox-hi...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Foederis Hollandorum cum Rege Calecutanorum pacti.
A treaty between the Dutch and the king of Calicut. The Dutch Admiral, Steffan van der Haagen already knew that the people of Calicut, on the Malabar Coast of India, were...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Pars Undecima Orientalis II. Quomodo Robertus, Caverta Capitaneus.
Fine engraving showing the arrest of the English captain Robert Caverta. Below an explanation in Latin that Caverta was arrested and killed by order of the king of the Co...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Pars Undecima Orientalis X. Quomodo in Septentrionalibus insulis prope. (How the inhabitants catch whales off the east coast of Madagascar.)
How the inhabitants catch whales off the east coast of Madagascar. When the natives of Santa Marta, off the east coast of Madagascar see a whale, they row out in their li...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Chinensium in Bantam Superstitio et idololatria. 18. ( How the Chinese worship their idols in Bantam)
How the Chinese worship their idols in Bantam. As can be seen here, the Chinese worship their idol, which takes the form of a devil. They lay offerings of fruit on an alt...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Mercatorum Ex China in Bantam Negotiantium Schema.
An early portrait of Chinese merchants in Banten (Bantam), a small port town near Java's western end.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilati...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Solemnitas Nuptialis Bantam Incolarum. (A wedding ceremony in the city of Bantam)
When a young couple become engaged they do not leave their homes until the wedding takes place. On their wedding day they are dressed up and happy, and visited by all the...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Milites in Bantam Gregarii Gum Suis armis. (Warriors of Bantam)
The warriors of Bantam carry both small and large shields made of leather, also swords or long lances with sturdy spear-heads. Their clothing is made with little square p...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![Les Petit Voyages [Solor].](/uploads/cache/37958-250x250.jpg)
Les Petit Voyages [Solor].
This work by de Bry comprises probably the greatest single collection of material on early voyages to the East Indies, and are unique in their extraordinary wealth of car...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1601 - 1633
![[Borneo Insula.]](/uploads/cache/40082-250x250.jpg)
[Borneo Insula.]
Important map of Bornea based on a map by Olivier van Noort (1558-1627), who on his turn mostly adapted information from earlier maps such as those by Langenes and van Li...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The Dutch reach Annabon.]](/uploads/cache/40075-250x250.jpg)
[The Dutch reach Annabon.]
Eight days after leaving the mainland, the Dutch arrived at one of the Annabon islands (Pagalu), where they asked the Portuguese and Moors, who were occupying the island,...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Solor.
Scarce print on German text sheet showing the Island of Solor. From "Petits Voyages". The island Solar, to the north of Timor, has a high mountain and has a ver...
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Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
