[Indigenous people and the arrival of explorers by boat] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Indigenous people and the arrival of explorers by boat]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America; Discovery and exploration; Sailing ships; Colonists
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Free Imperial City of Strassburg; Germany; Holy Roman Empire
Description: The image is divided into two squares, one on top of the other. In the top square four Indigenous people are shown. They are all nude, the three in the foreground appear to be walking back and forth and have their hands clasped in front of them as if in prayer. The person in the background is only shown from the waist up with their hands raised and the bottom half of their body hidden behind a hill. The bottom square shows five boats of colonial explorers.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Mathiam Hupfuff (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Mathiam Hupfuff (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22906
Language: lat
Source Name: De ora antarctica per regem Portugallie pridem inuenta
Parent Collection: 1505 Strassburg; 1505 Strassburg
Image: mta_22906_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America; Discovery and exploration; Sailing ships; Colonists