Antique maps by Theodor De Bry

Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) was a prominent Flemish engraver and publisher best known for his engravings of the New World. Born in Liege, de Bry hailed from the portion of Flanders then controlled by Spain. The de Brys were a family of jewelers and engravers, and young Theodor was trained in those artisanal trades.

As a Lutheran, however, his life and livelihood were threatened when the Spanish Inquisition cracked down on non-Catholics. De Bry was banished and his goods seized in 1570. He fled to Strasbourg, where he studied under the Huguenot engraver Etienne Delaune. He also traveled to Antwerp, London, and Frankfurt, where he settled with his family.

In 1590, de Bry began to publish his Les Grands Voyages, which would eventually stretch to thirty volumes released by de Bry and his two sons. The volumes contained not only important engraved images of the New World, the first many had seen of the geographic novelties, but also several important maps. He also published a collection focused on India Orientalis. Les Grands Voyages was published in German, Latin, French, and English, extending de Bry’s fame and his view of the New World.

Solor (Sunda Islands)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1612

Size:

11.5 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48607

Guarme (Huermey, Peru)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1612

Size:

11.5 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48685

Macjan (and) Ins:Baetjan (Moluccas)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1612

Size:

11.5 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48686

(Arauco, Chile) Sancto Maria

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1620 circa

Size:

7.5 x 10.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

48720

(Hans Staden in Brazil - A Native Brazilian Fortress) Beschreibung des grossen Landst Bresil oder Brasilia. . .

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

75412

(Hans Staden -- Two Tribes Going To Battle)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

8 x 10 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

96721

I. S. Clara (Chile)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1612

Size:

11.5 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48666

[The Spanish fleet in the Ladrone Islands]

Theodor De Bry / Matthaus Merian

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1631

Size:

7.5 x 11.25 inches Including Text

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48713

(The Coat of Arms of Frederick the Fourth) Dem Durchleuchtigsten Hochgebornen Fursten und Herrn/herrn Friderichen dem Vierdten . . . [The Most High-Born Prince Frederick the Fourth]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1593 circa

Size:

6 x 10.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

59414mp2

Solor (Sunda Islands)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1612

Size:

7.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

61453mp2

(Sao Vicente) Americae : De Consilio inito Insulam S. Vincentii petendi, quam Lusitani possident

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97414

(Hans Staden -- Brazilian Cannibal and Battle Scene)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

81523

(Hans Staden - How The Tuppin Ikins led by Jeppipo Wasu came with 25 canoes to attack the Indian Village where Staden was held captive )

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

81513

(Siege of St. Maro Island, Brazil -- Fort Bertioga)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97449

(Hans Staden and Crew in Long Boats Attacked By Brazilian Indians) De modo obsidendi. . . | Caput IV

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

7.5 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

85367

(Hans Staden in Brazil)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

81509

[ Florida Native Americans ] Mulierum extinctos maritos lugentium ceremoniae. XIX

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 9.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97805

Hoornse Insel. Insula Horn.

Theodor De Bry / Matthaeus Merian

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1655

Size:

12 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

61623mp2

Sud Seite Des Landts Terza del Fuoco, abgezeichn et durch Iohan von Walbeck

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1630 circa

Size:

7 x 11 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48353

[ Practices of the Outina Warriors ] Outinae milites ut caesis hostibus utantur. XV.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 11 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

97802

(Hans Staden and Crew on the coast of Brazil) Ad altitudinem 29 . . . |Cap. VII

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593 circa

Size:

8 x 10 inches Including Text

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

85372

[ Native American about to Murder A Frenchman in a Dugout Canoe ] Petri Gambie Galli Caedes

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 10.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97871

[Florida Indians / Hermaphrodites] Hermaphroditorum officia. XVII.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

6.5 x 10.5 inches Including Text

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

97966

[ Florida Native Americans Declaring War ] Bellum denunciandi ratio. XXXIII.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

9 x 9 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

98006

[ Florida Native Americans Cultivating & Planting ] Culturae & sationis ratio.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 9.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

98211

[ Virginia Natives ] Fictilium Vasorum In Quibus Cibum Coquunt Forma XV [Their Seething of Their Meat in Earthen Pots]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1590

Size:

8.5 x 11.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

98700

[Olivier van Noort Portrait / World Map]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1619

Size:

6.5 x 10 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

79567

[ Florida Native Americans Procession For The New Queen ] Qua pompa Regina delecta ad Regem deferatur

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 11 inches whole sheet

Condition:

Stock#:

98175

Hollandorum cum Hispanis ante Manillam pugna navalis

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1602

Size:

7.25 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

100125

[ Florida Indians ] Ceremonia a Saturioua in expeditionem adversus hostes profecturo, observatae. XI

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

9 x 11.5 inches Including Text

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

86474

[Columbus Discovering the Americas]

Theodor De Bry / Matthaus Merian

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1655 circa

Size:

8 x 12 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

82203

[Portrait] Christophorus Columbus Ligur, Indiaru Prim'Invetr. Ao. 1492

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1594

Size:

5 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

82357

[ Florida Indians ] Ceremonia a Saturioua in expeditionem adversus hostes profecturo, observatae. XI

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

9 x 11.5 inches Including Text

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

97616

(Florida Indians - The King and Queen taking a Walk for their Amusement) Regis & Reginae prodeambulatio recreandi animi gratia. XXXIX.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 11.5 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

97712

[ Florida Native Americans ] Mulierum, quarum maritivel in bello caesi, aut morbo sublati posulata a Rege. XVIII.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

6.5 x 8.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

98052

[ Florida Natives ] Feriane, piscium, & reliquae annonae illatio. XXIII. [Bringing in game, fish, and other provisions]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 9.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

98703

(Florida Indians - Chief Outina Leading A Battle March) Outinae in bellum proficiscentis militaris disciplina. XIIII.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 11 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

83148

[ Florida Indians - King Outina Consulting a Sorcerer ] Outina adversus hostem exercitum ducens, de eventu Magum consulit. XII.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

9 x 12 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

97101

[ Method by which native Floridians discuss matters of grave importance ] Qua ratione Floridenses de seriis rebus deliberant. XXIX.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 11.5 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

97363

[ Florida Indians - Destroying the Enemy's Towns By Night ] Hostium oppida noctu incendendi ratio. XXXI.er absagen

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

6.5 x 8.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97385

[ Death of a Florida Indian Chief ] Ceremoniae in Regis & Sacerdotum funere observatae. XL.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 10 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

97768

[ Virginia Native Americans: The manner of making their boats ] Lintrium conficiendorum ratio

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1590

Size:

9.25 x 12.25 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

97886

[ Pictish Man Holding Severed Head ] Picti icon

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

6.5 x 9 inches Image Only

Condition:

Stock#:

99837

Qua solennitate Regina a Rege excipiatur [By what ceremony the Queen is received by the King.]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 11 inches whole sheet

Condition:

Stock#:

97172

(Port of Palma, Canary Islands--Girolomo Benzoni's Voyage to America) Hieronymi Benzoni in Indiam Occidentalem

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1594 circa

Size:

8 x 10 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

79558

[St. Augustine, Florida] Beschreibung des Vorgebürgs Floride/ da die Franzosen anzufahren pflegen/welches von ihnen das Französische Vorgebürg genannt wirdt.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

84381

(French Observing a Florida Native American Ritual) Primogeniti solennibus ceremonijs Regi sacrificantur. XXXIIII.

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 10 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

97937

[ Florida Native Americans ] Trophaeum & solennes ritus devictis hostibus. XVI. [Trophy and Solemn Rite after the Defeat of the Enemy.]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 10 inches Including Text

Condition:

Stock#:

98050

(Florida Native American Games) Iuventutis Exercitia [Youth's Exercises]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Paris / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 12 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

98261

[ Florida Indians - Preparations for a Feast ] Conviviorum apparatus

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1591

Size:

8.5 x 12 inches Including Text

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

98462

Archived

Tabula terrae Novae Zemblae in qua fretum sinusq Waigats item ord littorialis Tartariae atq Russiae, ad urgem usq Kildeinam ….Authore Gerhardo De Veer

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1613

Size:

9.5 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

14244

Tabulam Hanc Aegypti, Si aequus ac diligens lector, cum alys…Imperio Ioannis, ut vocat Praesbyteri regno Congo et circum vicinis regionibus…. [Vera Desciptio Regni Africani, Quod Tam Abincolis Quam Lusitanis Congus appellatur . . . ]

Theodor De Bry / Filippo Pigafetta

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1598

Size:

16 x 24 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

63082jc

[Americae pars VIII Continus primo...]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfrut / 1599

Size:

Condition:

Fair

Stock#:

71363

Tabula Geographica nova Omnium oculis exibens et proponens Venssimam descriptionem potentissimi et aurifen Regni Guiana Sub linea aequinoctiuli iner Brasiliam et eru Situ per nautam aliquem qui Gualthero Ralegh navigatione Semper Adsuit delineata

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1599

Size:

17.5 x 13.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

71385

[Francisco Pizarro is presented with the Captured King of Peru]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26069

[Francisco Pizarro is presented with the Captured King of Peru]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26527

[Natives gathering juice flowing from a tropical tree]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26048

Decem Hispani Ab Indianis Opprimuntur, Spoliantur & trucidantur

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

7 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

10945

Populorum Qui Hyberno Tempore In Arboribus Rupibusque habitant, ceremoniae & ritus cum defunctis [Sir Walter Raleigh In The New World]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

7 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

VG-

Stock#:

20803

Quidam Indiani Ducem Candisch In Itinere adoriuntur

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1598

Size:

7 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

20805

Gualtherus Ralegh Amicitiam Contrahit Cum Rege Arromaia [Sir Walter Raleigh In The New World]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

7 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

10944

Quo Ritu Hollandia In La Moche Insula Tractati Sint

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1600 circa

Size:

7 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

10947

[Francisco Pizarro Battles With The King of Peru ]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26008

[Francisco Pizarro receiving Offerings from the King of Peru and his Subjects]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26141

Isola del Principe

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1603

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26617

[Procession of Peruvian King Atabaliba]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26078

[Governor Blasco Núñez Vela in Lima]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

25965

[The Dutch Attack on Los Palmas, Gran Canaria, 1599.]

Theodor De Bry / Matthaeus Merian

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1655

Size:

7 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

50233

I la Moche (Mocha Island)

Theodor De Bry / Matthaus Merian

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1655

Size:

7 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

61892mp2

[Francisco Pizarro in Cuzco]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

25874

[Francisco Pizarro's Conquistadors attacking Cuzco]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

25986

Delineatio Isolae Del Principe . . .

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1603

Size:

7 x 5 inches plus text

Condition:

Stock#:

11529

West Indianischer Historien Erster Theil

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfort / 1631

Size:

7 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

8772

[Indians Under Attack By Spanish Conquistadors]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1594

Size:

7 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

25946

[Ferdinand de Soto and the King of Peru meeting on the battlefield]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26168

[Spanish Conquistadors Punishing Indians For The Killing of Other Spaniards]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1594

Size:

7 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26667

I Ladrones [Native boats approaching Olivier Van Noort's ship]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1603

Size:

10 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26737

[Pizzaro's encounter with the women of Peru]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26016

[Funeral Scene for an important Native of Peru]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26025

[Peruvian Indians Attacking Spanish Conquistadors from the Trees]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26181

[Capture of Pizarro]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

9 x 7 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26212

I la Moche (Mocha Island)

Theodor De Bry / Olivier Van Noort

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1603

Size:

7 x 10 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

26679

[The French Capture and Burning of Chorrera, Cuba.]

Theodor De Bry / Matthaeus Merian

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1655

Size:

7 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48755

Payta (Paita, Peru)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1612

Size:

11 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48699

(The Return of King Jeppipo)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

56933mp2

(Native Americans dancing with their idols before a battle and asking for guidance in their dreams)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

57217mp2

(Hans Staden -- Two Tribes Going To Battle)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

57259mp2

(A Native Brazilian Fortress)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

58659mp2

(Hans Staden Captured -- Native Cooking Scene)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

58679mp2

(Hans Staden Arrives in Lisbon)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

58931mp2

(Hans Staden and Crew in Long Boats Attacked By Brazilian Indians)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

58952mp2

(Hans Staden and Crew on the coast of Brazil)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

58958mp2

(Hans Staden in Brazil)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

58995mp2

(Voyage of Hans Staden)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

59358mp2

Delineatio Insulae Sanctae Clarae [Brazil]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1602

Size:

7 x 5 inches plus text

Condition:

Stock#:

11527

[Indian Fishing Methods in the Caribbean]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1599

Size:

7 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

25921

[Icon / Religious Worship on Hispaniola]

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1594

Size:

7 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

25912

I. Annabon (Equitorial Guinea)

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1606

Size:

7 x 5 inches (plus text)

Condition:

Stock#:

26869

(V.O.C. Forts) Amboyna [and] I. Nera

Theodor De Bry / Matthaus Merian

Place/Date:

Frankfurt / 1631

Size:

7.5 x 11 inches Including Text

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

48714

Has Staden Arrives at Saint Catherines Island

Theodor De Bry

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1593

Size:

6.5 x 8 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

56539mp2

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Antique maps by Theodor De Bry

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