[Christopher Columbus approaching an island in the West Indies while Indigenous people stand on the shore] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Christopher Columbus approaching an island in the West Indies while Indigenous people stand on the shore]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – West Indies; Taíno; Indigenous peoples - First contact with Europeans - West Indies; Columbus, Christopher – Landfall
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: West Indies; Greater Antilles; Imperial Spain; Florence; Kingdom of Italy; Holy Roman Empire
Description: Christopher Columbus and his companions are shown approaching an island by boat (one of the islands he came across on his first voyage to the West Indies). On the shore stands a group of Indigenous people. Several members of the group hold long staffs, and most appear to be nude except for a belt of leaves around their waists. Two structures stand on the shore, both rectangular in shape and composed of a thatched roof supported by four long poles.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Giovanfilippo de Lignamine (Johannes Philippus de Lignamine) (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Giovanfilippo de Lignamine (Johannes Philippus de Lignamine) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22900
Language: ita
Source Name: Isole trovate novamente per el Re di Spagna
Parent Collection: 1495 Florence; 1495 Florence
Image: mta_22900_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – West Indies; Taíno; Indigenous peoples - First contact with Europeans - West Indies; Columbus, Christopher – Landfall