Indi cuiusdam Gnomologia insignis de Christianorum auaritia. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Indi cuiusdam Gnomologia insignis de Christianorum auaritia.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Panama; Indigenous peoples – Colombia; Colonists; Spaniards; Gold; Greed; Baptism; Village communities; Clothing and dress – Europe – History
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Panama; Colombia; Central America; North America; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: An Indigenous man stands amongst a group of Spaniards, gesturing emphatically at a pile of gold treasure on the ground in front of them. The Indigenous man has guided the Spaniards to the treasure to satisfy their greed. The Spanish men, finely dressed and bearing muskets, swords, and spears, converse amongst themselves. Two Indigenous men bearing more treasure approach from the right. In the background, a Spanish priest baptizes an Indigenous person while several other Spaniards and Indigenous people look on. There is also a single dwelling in the background. In the distance, on a hilltop, an Indigenous person indicates to a group of Spaniards the nearness of the ocean. This image is identical to one found on page 189 of Frankfurt, 1594, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Johann Feyerabend (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23731
Language: lat
Source Name: Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & Admiranda Historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo Anno M. CCCCXCII
Parent Collection: 1594 Latin; 1594 Latin
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Panama; Indigenous peoples – Colombia; Colonists; Spaniards; Gold; Greed; Baptism; Village communities; Clothing and dress – Europe – History

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