Isle Espaignolle. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Isle Espaignolle.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Hispaniola; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Antilles, Greater; West Indies; North America; Paris; France
Description: An aerial view of an island is shown, identified as Isle Espaignolle (Spanish Island – possibly Hispaniola, today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) by the author. Two groups of Indigenous people are engaged in combat with bows and arrows in the bottom right corner of the island. Elsewhere on the island, other Indigenous people fish and walk leading animals that resemble camels and elephants. There are several settlements on the island, as well as on a smaller island nearby. A large European ship sails in the top right corner. This image is identical to one found on page 911 verso of Paris, 1575 (Chaudière).
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Pierre l'Huillier (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Pierre l'Huillier (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23526
Language: fre
Source Name: La Cosmographie Vniverselle d’André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy
Parent Collection: 1575 Huillier; 1575 Huillier
Image: mta_23526_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – West Indies; Indigenous peoples – Hispaniola; Indigenous peoples – Wars – West Indies; Bow and arrow; Dugout canoes; Islands; Fishing; Village communities; Sailing ships