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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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 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
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
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