XIX. Oppidum Pomeiooc. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: XIX. Oppidum Pomeiooc.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Virginia; North Carolina; United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Secota
Description: The Indigenous town of Pomeiooc is shown. Multiple structures are arranged in a circle. At the center of the circle is a large bonfire, and surrounding the structures is a fence of tall poles stuck into the ground. There is one gap in the poles that serves as an entrance. There is a cornfield to the left of the village.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);John White (Painter);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); John White (Painter); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:21302
Language: lat
Source Name: Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiæ, nuper admodum as Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D.LXXXV deducti sunt inventæ, sumtus faciente Dn. Waltero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinaru stanni præfecto ex auctoritate serenissimæ reginæ angliæ.
Parent Collection: 1590 Latin a briefe...; 1590 Latin a briefe...
Image: mta_21302_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina; Bonfires; Village communities; Indigenous peoples – Virginia