Hostium oppida noctu incendendi ratio. XXXI. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Hostium oppida noctu incendendi ratio. XXXI.
Subject: Villages; Indigenous weapons – North America; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – North America; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Florida; United States of America; North America
Description: A group of Indigenous men stand outside a town. They are using large bows to fire arrows over the trees and fence surrounding a town. The arrows have been set on fire and they spread flames to the roofs of the houses in the town when they land.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Artist);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate Engraving
Identifier: mta:20515
Language: lat
Source Name: Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provicia gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam navigatione, duce Renato de Laudoniere classis praefecto. Anno M D LXIIII. Quae est secunda pars Americae. Additae figurae & incolarum eicones ibidem ad vivu expressae, brevis item Declaratio Religionis, rituum, vivendique ratione ipsorum
Parent Collection: 1591 Latin; 1591 Latin
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Villages; Indigenous weapons – North America; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – North America; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565

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