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THEODORUS [DnzK] DE BRY (1528–1598)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 697 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THEODORUS [DnzK] DE See also:BRY (1528–1598)  , See also:German engraver an unprecedented number . In the See also:election, however, he was and publisher, was See also:born at See also:Liege in 1528 . In the earlier years defeated by See also:William See also:McKinley, the Republican See also:candidate, of his career he worked at See also:Strassburg . Later he established an receiving 176 electoral votes to 271 . But though defeated, he See also:engraving and See also:publishing business at Frankforton-See also:Main, and remained the See also:leader of his party . Between 1896 and 1900, also visited See also:London in or before 1587 . Here he became except during the See also:Spanish-See also:American See also:War when he was See also:colonel acquainted with the geographer See also:Richard See also:Hakluyt, with whose of the 3rd See also:Nebraska See also:Volunteers, though he saw no active service, assistance he collected materials for a finely illustrated collection he devoted his See also:time to the See also:interest of his party . His ability, of voyages and travels, Collectiones Peregrinationum in Indiam sincerity of See also:character, and wide See also:information, and his attitude Orientalem et Indiam Occidentalem (25 parts, 1590-1634) . Among towards the new issues arising from the war, in which he took other See also:works he engraved a set of 12 plates illustrating the See also:Pro- the See also:side opposed to " imperialism," increased his. following. cession of the Knights of the Garter in 1S76, and a set of 34 Although he had advised the ratification of the See also:Peace Treaty, plates illustrating the Procession at the See also:Obsequies of See also:Sir See also:Philip he opposed the permanent acquisition of the Philippine Islands . See also:Sidney; plates for T . Hariot's Briefe and True See also:Report of the In 29oo he was nominated for the See also:presidency by the Democratic, new found See also:Land of See also:Virginia (See also:Frankfort, 1595) ; the plates for See also:Silver Republican, and Populist party conventions; but although the first four volumes of J . J .

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Boissard's Romanae Urbis Tope- " imperialism " was declared to be the See also:paramount issue, he had graphia et Antiquitates (1597–1598), and a See also:series of portraits insisted that the " platforms " should contain explicit advocacy entitled Icones Virorum Illustrium (1597–1599) . De See also:Bry died of See also:free-coinage, and this See also:declaration, combined with the popuat Frankfort on the 27th of See also:March 1598 . He had been assisted; larityof See also:President McKinley, the Republican candidate for by his eldest son Johannes See also:Theodorus de Bry (1561–1623), who re-election, again turned the scales against him . In the after his See also:father's See also:death , carried on the Collectiones and the See also:November election of ter a See also:canvass that almost equalled in activity See also:illustration of Boissard's See also:work, and also added to the Icones. that of 1896 he was again defeated, receiving only 155 electoral His See also:brother Johannes See also:Israel de Bry (d . 1611) collaborated votes to 292 . with him .

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