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Theodor de Bry - Antique Print - Theodor de Bry - ”A Man Travels in a Palanquin” - Germany. ”Travelling in Congo”. A high-ranking citizen of the Congo is carried by slaves in a litter, which has a cover to shade him if the sun is oppressively hot. Rare engraving from the second German edition of 1609 published in Frankfurt: Durch Matthias Becker by Theodor de Bry (1528-1598). ”Regnum Congo, hoc est, Warhaffte und Eigentliche Beschreibung dess Königreichs Congo in Africa…”.