Ein behertzter Schiffknecht deß Pizarri auß Creta bürtig, drengt mitten durch die Meng der Indianer hindurch. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ein behertzter Schiffknecht deß Pizarri auß Creta bürtig, drengt mitten durch die Meng der Indianer hindurch.
Subject: Indigenous peoples- Ecuador; Spaniards; Colonists; Sailing ships; Spears; Swords; Bow and arrow; Idols and images - South America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ecuador; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A large group of Indigenous people greets a ship of Spanish explorers in Ecuador. Several Spaniards come ashore in a rowboat. Two Spanish men have already reached land, both wielding swords, and one stands near the shore while the other has pushed through the group of Indigenous people and is confronted by an Indigenous man wearing a cape. Many of the Indigenous people are armed with bows and quivers of arrows or spears. Several Indigenous men at the front of group gesture towards the ship. In the background there is a hut with an Indigenous idol or statue inside. This image is identical to one found on page 2 (113) of Frankfurt, 1596.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Johann Feyerabend (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23842
Language: ger
Source Name: Das sechste Theil der neuwen Welt. oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt, Das Dritte Buch. Darinnen warhafftig erzehlet wird, wie die Spanier die Goldreiche Landschafften deß Peruanischen Königreichs eyngenommen, den König Atabalibam gefangen und getödtet. Auch wie sie, entlich sich selbst untereinander auffgerieben haben.
Parent Collection: 1597 Frankfurt; 1597 Frankfurt
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples- Ecuador; Spaniards; Colonists; Sailing ships; Spears; Swords; Bow and arrow; Idols and images - South America

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