File:Parrot hunting on Mauritius.jpg

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Description The Dutch on Mauritius in 1598, depicted hunting parrots (possibly including Psittacula bensoni). The cassowary-like birds are erroneous depictions of Dodos.
Date (from De Bry, 1601).
Source http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/History-of-the-dodo-Hume.pdf
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Johann Theodor de Bry  (1561–1623)  wikidata:Q1696381
 
Johann Theodor de Bry
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Jan Theodor de Bry, Jan Theodoor de Brij, Jan Theodor de Brij, Johann Theodor de Brij, Jan Theodoor de Bry
Description German publisher, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 1561 Edit this at Wikidata 31 January 1623 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Strasbourg or Liège Bad Schwalbach
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Frankfurt (circa 1612-1613), Oppenheim
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creator QS:P170,Q1696381

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